Government’s work cannot stop during an election cycle, if it does, it could fracture the democratic progress that observers often praise.
This is according to Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs and Information, Kwame McCoy.
The European Union’s final report on the 2025 elections, “praises the process, professionalism, reforms, peaceful atmosphere, and competence of polling staff,” yet “pivots to the familiar refrain: the ‘advantage of incumbency,’ as if good governance must be treated as a form of misconduct once an election year arrives,” Minister McCoy said.
He argued that such reasoning could paralyze governance.
“Officials would have to avoid visiting communities that rely on support, shelve projects already budgeted, and curb routine state work, all because someone might call it an ‘advantage.’ Ribbon-cutting ceremonies? Too risky. Hospitals opening? Off-limits. Subsidies for farmers? A scandal waiting to happen. The only way to stay ‘balanced’ is to become invisible,” Minister McCoy said.
The minister said this is “not how democracies function.”
He said, “Governments in Europe campaign on results. They launch programs, highlight achievements, cut ribbons, and claim credit for their work. Nobody pauses progress to soothe the opposition,” he stated. “The public judges a government by what it delivers, not by how quietly it retreats before an election.”
Minister McCoy added that treating effective governance as electoral misconduct, “confuses diligence with wrongdoing.”
“Schools, roads, hospitals, and social programs are not ‘incumbency perks.’ They are the work of a government fulfilling its mandate,” according to the minister.
He concluded that “Good governance is not cheating. It is expected. A thriving democracy is measured by what it delivers, not by how quietly it steps aside.”
Source : DPI
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A South African, an Australian and an Englishman are all having a drink
The Englishman and South African both drink from Pint Glasses, the Australian from a bottle.
The South African, upon draining his glass, drops in back down on the bar, pulls out a pistol, and shoots the glass.
\”In South Africa, there is so much sand that I never drink from the same glass twice!\”
The Australian, having drained his bottle, sets it down upon the bar and, upon seizing the South African\’s pistol, shoots his bottle.
\”In Australia, there is so much booze that I never drink from the same brand twice!\”
The Englishman, likewise having drained his glass, sets his glass upon the table, seizes the pistol the pistol from the Australian, and shoots the South African and the Australian, quite dead.
\”In England, there are so many of you bastards that I never drink with the same two twice!\”
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Do not argue with a fool because he will drag you down to his level and then beat you with experience.