JANUARY 11 ― The results of the 15th general election might have disappointed some who deemed the outcome as “unfavourable”. Some reactions laced with racial overtones and insults on social media and WhatsApp groups were alarming and concerning.
To illustrate further, the UNDI18 wave had overwhelming support just before the elections, but took a different turn when results indicated that youth votes swung more conservative more than expected. Suddenly, many questioned the youth vote. Further, vilification of voters from the east coast and the north is reminiscent of recent history in other parts of the world, which offer important lessons. In the United States, when Donald Trump pulled off a surprise in 2016, and in the United Kingdom, when “leave” won the Brexit referendum, many urban voters and opinion makers, who didn’t engage with rural and conservative voters, expressed a similar response, thereby creating further divides.
Constitutional literacy must also be a priority and instilled as early as primary education. Along with a stronger emphasis on critical analysis and discourse of ethnic issues in the curriculum based on content and history of the constitution to inspire youth to have a deeper sense of national unity and appreciation.
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