| Updated Sun, April 30th 2017 at 09:00 GMT +3As the dust settles from the hot season of party primaries, the full implication for a future leadership and culture of integrity is yet to emerge. Each of these elections saw the voter base expand, new and more complex electoral systems, policies and procedures. In several upsets, six governors and 21 MPs lost party primaries. Who knows what would have happened if the performance of all 47 governors had been subjected to accountability of their party members? Nevertheless, party primaries are now an important pillar of our democracy.

Source: Standard Digital April 29, 2017 20:49 UTC