In the midst of the intense political turmoil there was a breath of fresh air to see the creation of a new political party carefully (or cleverly?) named ‘Muvman Liberater’. Despite not having a party leader there was a sense that the party was set to convey a clear message to the fact that they wanted to dissociate themselves from the existing and seemingly outdated politicians and the rotten self-centred people who make politics other worldly and something of an epidemic feel.

At start the intention of Collendavelloo et al seemed quite appealing to the young voters especially those who were put off politics for many years. The rhetoric from ‘Muvman Liberater’ appeared appetising to many but sadly it needed only a few weeks to observe the first cracks and one of its influential members expelled (or arguably resigned). The aftershock is yet to come. The love between Ivan Collendavelloo and Sheila Bunwaree has now turned into hate with passionate. The separation was unfortunately inevitable but it begs many fundamental questions. One of the issues that fall into consideration is credibility. On the other hand it is not an outlandish belief that sooner or later the MSM and PMSD will be in alliance perhaps with the Muvman Liberater. The MMM and Ptr will re-start their ‘Koze kozer’ eventually announcing the already formed alliance. Then ‘shall’ will become ‘may’ and life goes on for another five years!

In between all of this we will witness new political parties surfacing like mushrooms tending to attract some known characters; people we have trusted before. This phenomenon happens nearer to an election. The most recent party ‘The liberals’ was catapulted days ago and has now joined the list. Although its existence does not represent a major threat to the other established parties, it comes with new ideas of giving more to improve the welfare state.

We embrace policy debates and arguments on how to make our society a better one. To win the hearts of the working class we welcome more of this type of engagement. However, a pessimistic view is that new political parties often consist of old familiar faces with a history and a past. Some of them with positive influence yet some we would rather not be reminded of. In our willingness to accept new political parties we say hello to credibility and honesty, new ideas but most welcomes are people with the right mentality and integrity. It is just no good to have more of the same. Noticeably over the years politicians have utilised languages and cliché of unanimous appeal but when it came to promise delivery most politicians have failed. History will remember that promises of all kind have been made to seduce the population. There has been the popular free transport for students that proved to be an election winner. Then students were promised a ‘tablette’ which although seemed to have taken nearly 5 years to be built were recently distributed to some with certain restrictions and unthought-of risks. The idea of offering a ‘tablette’ helped a party win an election.

In our country when promises are not delivered we easily forget and happy to accept- king hearted we don’t keep any drudges. To make things better we are offered a ‘pressure cooker’ or a ‘sachet dhal’ for that matter. Sometimes a ‘sachet macaroni’ will do. During election we have witnessed a number items being distributed in the hope to buy votes with many voters happy to sell their conscience to the highest bidder. They still call themselves democratically elected parliamentarians.

A question that many reasonable individuals have asked. Why are there so many doctors, lawyers and other well paid professionals, who would otherwise be earning a decent living by practicing their professions, come into politics? Very often spending millions to fund an election. Are they driven with the passion to change our lives? Or is it the mouth-watering prospect of five years in power with all the luxuries around them? I bet this is a tough question for even the most intellects!