Looking at 2005 results, it will be a very close one.
While it looks like MR will win, the divide will be very marginal.
To be frank, I have no idea what SF will do if he wins. But it does not matter much as it is very unlikely he would win. However, SF seems more genuine compared to the typical politician that MR is. The problem is the bunch of idiots around SF.
The real problem is, there is none out of the whole lot in this contest that is going to address the real problems, like the price of rice, like the debacle in education system. The whole campaign was based on FUD and mud. After all, we are a very high literate nation, but not an educated one or even not that thinking type for that matter. If you look at the ground level, even the educated ones are debating in two camps, MR vs SF, the the loyal and not-loyal, the purple and green+red. There is no third eye, there is no view in a direction outside these.
While it looks like MR will win, the divide will be very marginal.
Had MR done little bit to curb corruption, he would have won easily - but keeping people like the "Kudu Gamunu" he has done himself more harm than good.
To be frank, I have no idea what SF will do if he wins. But it does not matter much as it is very unlikely he would win. However, SF seems more genuine compared to the typical politician that MR is. The problem is the bunch of idiots around SF.
The real problem is, there is none out of the whole lot in this contest that is going to address the real problems, like the price of rice, like the debacle in education system. The whole campaign was based on FUD and mud. After all, we are a very high literate nation, but not an educated one or even not that thinking type for that matter. If you look at the ground level, even the educated ones are debating in two camps, MR vs SF, the the loyal and not-loyal, the purple and green+red. There is no third eye, there is no view in a direction outside these.
The question in the air is who will win, SF or MR. However, what about people? Will they win? What about the general public? The story goes, "every politician is corrupted; they will take commissions - 10% is standard". You cannot fix this system etc. etc. Today, 15 million will vote to select one, and few around him will eat up the whole thing. Then the 15 million will grumble and mumble till the next election and would do the same thing again. If we are to develop as a nation, this needs to change (change not like Obaba, though, which is NATO). Someone needs to take initiative.
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The Q is who will do the least damge and let natural economics take over by developing basic infrastructure.
Therefore I'm voting for the known devil. If I want to gamble I'll goto Vegas :)