Politicians must lie to the people

"I will make the Mexicans pay for the wall between us and them!" said Donald Trump.

"I will close Guantanamo Camp in Cuba!" said Barack Obama.

"We will not increase tax for low-income people!" said UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

"Accra under my tenure will be the cleanest city in Africa!" said Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana.

Every four years politicians are on election trails blessing the people with sweet words while the bitter truth is carefully coated inside the colourful candy. The combination they use to convince voters to trust them consists of a toxic mix of their honest belief in their words and honesty, knowing uncertainties during four years in office might force them to adjust and abandon their election campaign promises, ignoring the obvious future challenges unpopular to win votes needed and being convinced to make the wrong decisions and promises take them out of office for a few years normal in a democracy before out of opposition bouncing back to power.

To tell people the realistic future and without being willing when not keep the promises made without excuses subsequently to vacate the seat of power before being ousted by the opposition, the vote of no confidence, or people votes at the next election is not in the DNA of any political party in a democratic setting. Winning votes at all costs regardless of truth, lies, or incompetence is their credo.

Organizations have a built-in mechanism for survival. NGOs and Foundations in their statutes have no provisions laid out once their goal of helping has been achieved they will end their activities. Instead, they will adopt their strategies and venture into other areas for survival. Political parties fight for relevance and when down on their knees for survival. Any means not to end their history is in their arsenal of party politics. While humans like elected kings eventually die parties survive in the form of the next generation of politicians. Only a fundamental change in the political setup of a nation like war or revolution brings an end to the legacy of a political party.