post election

and so the much contested election is over and each side is claiming to have won more seats than the other. i think to claim this is stupid. lets wait and see how a bills get voted in the parliament. this will tell you which side the members are really on. i think the race to buy candidates are on now, between the government and mdp.
my personal view is that this election process has been the most fair election ever in this country. but sadly the worst and most degrading campaign processes. our country, our community, our coming generation and our future was bought and sold with money. it all became a commodity. this is not to say it was just government candidates. both mdp and government was set out to buy people and the sad thing is people actually sold this nation. people made their choice on two basic grounds 1) for the money 2) because of a hate for a certain candidates association. so if you are a government candidate doesn’t matter who you are "we will select any one else" or "we want anyone but mdp".
hardly anyone looked at a candidate's mandate, history and their ability as a leader. during the campaign instead of letting the public know what a candidate can do, most of the candidates set out to smear the other candidates, spraying posters, ripping them, writing articles and cartoons about each other. where has our society as true maldivians disappeared to. is it not sad to see how little we actually think or even care for our children’s feature..
i think with the elected candidates there is an equal number of people on the opposition and government which is a wonderful thing (although personally speaking...their performance and ability is questionable). we will have to wait and see how the government will make the next move. and this next move will be the most important of them all. i wish success for the candidates who were elected and hope they will make wiser decision within the parliament.