Editorial: Choose with discernment, not emotion
As campaign fever rises, voters are being showered with promises so wild they could include walking to heaven on foot.
Yet behind the noise lies a serious question: do we still choose leaders with discernment or with emotion?
Africa’s greatest burden often begins at the ballot box – when people vote carelessly, or not at all, swayed by songs, slogans or the illusion of instant change that never comes once the applause fades.
The upcoming regional and local authority elections are not about slogans or party colours. They are about development – about water that runs, roads that work, clinics that open, and leaders who serve with humility.
Those seeking office should be judged by their record, their competence and their integrity, not by the size of their rallies or the sweetness of their talk.
Discernment is the highest civic duty. It is what separates a thinking voter from a desperate one. If people truly want change and progress, they must stop rewarding empty rhetoric and start demanding performance.
Leadership without integrity breeds decay, but an informed, discerning electorate can rebuild a nation – one wise, deliberate choice at a time.
Yet behind the noise lies a serious question: do we still choose leaders with discernment or with emotion?
Africa’s greatest burden often begins at the ballot box – when people vote carelessly, or not at all, swayed by songs, slogans or the illusion of instant change that never comes once the applause fades.
The upcoming regional and local authority elections are not about slogans or party colours. They are about development – about water that runs, roads that work, clinics that open, and leaders who serve with humility.
Those seeking office should be judged by their record, their competence and their integrity, not by the size of their rallies or the sweetness of their talk.
Discernment is the highest civic duty. It is what separates a thinking voter from a desperate one. If people truly want change and progress, they must stop rewarding empty rhetoric and start demanding performance.
Leadership without integrity breeds decay, but an informed, discerning electorate can rebuild a nation – one wise, deliberate choice at a time.
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