George/Atiku feud: When is a politician a statesman? By Ike Abonyi
06 Sep
Politics

George/Atiku feud: When is a politician a statesman? By Ike Abonyi

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Politics tamfitronics “One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician’s objective. Election and power are” – CaI ThomasWhen is a politician a statesman? Is statesmanship earned by age, positions held or comportment? What is it that defines and differentiates a politician from a statesman?These interrogations became necessary after listening to the ongoing altercation in the media space between two supposedly elder-statesmen, and chieftains of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George and Atiku Abubakar over the 2027 election.According to the American clergyman, James Freeman Clarke “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of the country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift”By...
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‘Your government did nothing’, the mayor put forward these demands in front of CM Sai, the Chief Minister gave a befitting reply, there was loud applause
06 Sep
Politics

‘Your government did nothing’, the mayor put forward these demands in front of CM Sai, the Chief Minister gave a befitting reply, there was loud applause

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Politics tamfitronics Raipur: Raipur Mayor and Chhattisgarh CM were present on the same stage on Tuesday. Mayor Ejaz Dhebar addressed the program first. During this, he praised Chief Minister Sai. He said that wherever you go, work is done day and night. Wherever you go, you do not disappoint people. I appeal to you that caste certificates of the people of Utkal society should be made easily. After listening to the mayor, the CM also said that it seems that the previous government did not do any work, that is why the mayor is making demands from this stage for the people of Utkal society. As soon as the CM spoke, there was loud clapping and whistling.Actually, Utkal Samaj had organized a program at Gaus Memorial Ground in Raipur on Tuesday. A program was organized...
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Shorten, for all his faults, leaves with a substantial legacy
06 Sep
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Shorten, for all his faults, leaves with a substantial legacy

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Politics tamfitronics It doesn’t seem, at least to this correspondent, that long since Bill Shorten arrived in Canberra, wearing the tag “future prime minister” that had been draped over him ever since the Beaconsfield mine disaster gave him a national platform to display his excellent media training. In fact it’s been 17 years, 18 by the time he quits in February, and two failed attempts to become prime minister, and two ministerial stints focused on what will surely be his enduring legacy, the National Disability Insurance Scheme.It was Shorten who as a parliamentary secretary in the Rudd government not merely lifted the profile of Australians with disabilities and the need for the country to do better by them, but championed disability services reform, beginning Labor’s trajectory toward the establishment of the NDIS. Under Julia Gillard,...
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