“Government can only be as good as its opposition,” says Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
13 Jun 2011, 2:15 PM
The Maldives “throws up all the challenges of consolidating a transition to multi-party democracy,” Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba observed this morning at the opening of the Commonwealth’s regional workshop on parliamentary cooperation.
The aim of the workshop, she said, was to help create a constructive partnership between government and opposition parties in each participating country.
“While they may be political adversaries, they share a common national responsibility and obligation of nation-building and advancing the prospects of real development – human, political, social and economic — of the people of their respective countries,” she said.
“This can only be achieved if the political system works constructively for the welfare of all, not if it creates or exacerbates ruptures in society.”
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