The absence of those internal organs have made the courts the arena of internal party disputes. We need to start afresh to build political parties here. The sad state of our political parties as instruments of state capture may seem like a paradox but was long identified on commentary made more than a hundred years ago in Roberto Michael’s 1911 frame setting book, political parties. The idea of the iron law of oligarchy suggests that political parties tend towards control of a few. My view is that if political parties were properly organized they would have youth clubs, especially in tertiary institutions with recruitment, socialization and mentoring of young people.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2020 03:45 UTC