Against the backdrop of a general perception of the good that government of national unity portends, it has inherent within it slippery peels. It is more like
On the one hand, government of national unity is usually appealing in Parliamentary democratic set ups across the world, because of the way the Parliament is structured to override the Executives. Actually, in Parliamentary democratic system, the authority lies in the Parliament. Not the Executive arm. That is why a simple “Vote of no Confidence” usually leads to early resignation of the Prime Minister, and followed by snap or general elections.
But the dynamics are quite different in Presidential democratic system. The authority of State resides with the Executive arm. And elections are at known intervals. In our own situation, four yearly. This is what Nigeria currently practices. It is the major reason why government of national unity based on Opposition parties is utterly a no no for the health of our government, party and nation.
With the heterogenous nature of our country and citizens, we have often taunted the ideas of government of national unity without actually distinguishing which we meant to refer to. Or better still, confused it with the involvement of opposition parties in the incoming government. This issue has gained serious traction within public and media spaces recently, as we all await President Tinubu to form his government.
Firstly, every political party within a Presidential Democratic system is wired on a different ideological strand, thus basically aiming to frustrate the ruling government by presenting a different alternative to the people. Never seeing anything good in the government of the day is like the creed and call to duty of opposition parties. This means that they will not support all or most policies of the current government.
Secondly, they will never bring their best ideas to the table to help you. This is because they weren’t formed to advance your own cause or interests, but that of their own political parties and leaders. When you manage to succeed as a government at the end of the day- that is if they allow you, the President and his team or our party cannot claim the glory of our government’s achievements solely, as they would always emphasize and make the public case, that their ideas too was what you used.
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