Opinion: Opposition leaders erred in sacking threat

The National Super Alliance leaders, while there is no shortage of national issues they should be addressing themselves to in order to convince the public they are the better alternative to Jubilee, have embarked on a path that preaches retribution. PHOTO:COURTESY

In the Gambia, all had been going well for opposition leader Adama Barrow following his surprise win against incumbent Yahya Jammeh in the December 2016 elections until he declared that he would jail Jammeh for crimes against his people.

That was when Jammeh decided he had not lost the elections after all, and wanted to hang on.
 

While that incident, far removed from us as it was should have taught leaders a thing or two, it appears to have completely eluded many.

The National Super Alliance leaders, while there is no shortage of national issues they should be addressing themselves to in order to convince the public they are the better alternative to Jubilee, have embarked on a path that preaches retribution.
 

Granted, the Constitution bars state officers from active politics, yet Cabinet secretaries have been in the forefront campaigning for President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in August. There are legal mechanisms for addressing such issues away from public threats.

More than anything else, the Opposition needs friends to give Jubilee a run for its money in the coming elections.

The recent threat, however, scores off the NASA leadership for it gives the impression Opposition leaders bear personal grudges against specific individuals for their political stands.