The polls have spoken. My country is now to be led by our first female prime minister. It was a nail biting election. Both sides had enough dirt to bury a town. Or actually one side had more dirt than the other, but it did not matter. They won anyway.
This election reminded me of my divorce and it shall stay with me for some time, because the issue ultimately was about people making up their minds. No matter what is done or said, if someone does not want to do what you want them to do, they will simply not do it.
It does not matter whether you change your attitude, your clothes, nothing helps. It is a confounding and bitter thing to experience, and I am sure that our outgoing prime minister shall be feeling the weight of his country on his back as he demits office later today.
I personally cannot look at the results as others have. I found the way my fellow countrymen behaved and what they accepted on both sides, confounding. Confounding in the way that the now old ruling party found its edge wittled away and the incoming party, what it did to win.
A close friend said to me that he preferred to vote in the devil that he did not know to the one that he did. That is how corrupt both sides are! That attitude begs the question, why should we put up with corruption at all? Why should we look at it as part and parcel of politicians' lives? Why should I now wait for the shoe to drop with my new political leader?
There is much to wonder and to assess, but for now, I am glad that the elections have passed and I will do the right thing, support my government and help make my country a better place.