By TNW correspondent
The parliamentary election, although determined six months in advance, will witness this time fast mode of campaigning by political parties.
Many, youth politicians say, would have it in multiple ways: digital, door to door, corner meetings, paper-messaging, phone-in, targeted community processions, leaders’ or candidates’ direct appeal through pamphlet or radio, video-messaging, etc.
Political parties, willing to participate in the House of Representatives election, have not yet finalized their plan for campaigning. Almost all of them are busy re-structuring or shaping or breaking alliances or managing candidature-decision or scripting manifesto. Observers used to trends of long-time campaigning appear concerned over the short time ahead of March 5 election. Most top leaders this time would not engage in constituency-level campaigning; they look determined to show up only in selected poll-public meetings.
Campaigning appears to be intensively undertaken in respective constituencies in final weeks. Parties and leaders new and old are currently focused on managing internal dissent particularly over the issue of candidature-list already submitted for proportionate representation.
Determining candidates for 165 constituencies is another challenge before all parties because the number of fresh aspirants is comparatively too high. Electability of candidates is another issue troubling parties – new or old or just unified.
