A solemn and momentous occasion — the inauguration of the 'Temple of Democracy' — has turned into a political spat over what constitutes constitutional propriety, with neither side inclined to bend backwards to accommodate the other.
It was expected that after days of fiery polemics over who ought to inaugurate the majestic structure, some attempt will be made to redeem the situation, but that was alas not to be.
No attempt was made to convene an all-party meeting either to find a common ground in the vitiated atmospherics. The onus for the abject failure to retrieve the situation rests as much on the Opposition as the ruling dispensation.
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