Tomorrow’s Crucial Vote

Suzi Suzi. The draft to change the constitution to allow more presidential candidates is vetted in the parliament’s upper house tomorrow. The observers quoted in this Reuters story as well as this piece from FT are not enthusiastic. In their opinion, opposition candidates will not have a fair chance. They will never get the approval needed by the incumbent’s party that will be necessary according to this suggested bill. What on earth is going on? Is this really the end of the reform? I never doubted you and Honsey would stay in your lovely palace and perform your duties as the country’s first His and Hers but I really did expect changes that would set the republic on the right cause for the future.