SO MANY things have been said about the sharp increase of fuel prices. The highlight being that the UPND made a false promise. Well, that was established some time back and we already said it when it was not fashionable to point that out. The issue with political campaigns is that the sweeter the promise, the lower the chances of it being delivered. Political parties have slogans during campaigns and those slogans are supposed to be treated simply as slogans. “More money in your pockets” is the same as “Bally will fix it”, both are campaign catchphrases, nothing more. There was a time when we wrote an editorial opinion during campaigns which the UPND found provocative. In that opinion, we...

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