What won’t a politician do to get votes <br />He’ll sell his soul and even distribute currency notes <br />He cares not a fig for the admonitions <br />Of the sometimes overzealous electoral commissions <br />He always manages to find the right excuses <br />To condone his Election Code abuses <br /> <br />The educated class remain passive spectators <br />To the unacceptable behaviour of these traitors <br />Then absolve themselves by claiming <br />That there is no candidate worth pursuing <br />They do not exercise their franchise <br />Since all the candidates proclaim is a pack of lies <br /> <br /> <br />I dream of the times when an Election <br />Will become a time for reflection <br />When the educated electorate will open their eyes wide <br />Exercise their franchise using their intellect to decide <br />Whether the candidate has the right stature <br />To merit being part of the government or legislature <br />Only then can the country hope for good governance <br />And with it the happiness and progress of its citizens<br /><br />Sandra Martyres<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/elections/
