Is it smart to ban HGDEF under the next regime?
Posted: 20 Aug 2019, 22:09
The oppositions and civil society seem to agree HGDEF ban is a must for the country to move forward and become free, peaceful and prosperous.
I think HGDEF should be allowed to stay and even be allowed to present a program and run for election. My only reservation is we will have cases where individuals come forward to demand justice for past atrocities. Other than that HGDEF can be useful to check new dictatorial tendencies by new powers.
Allowing at least mid and low level HGDEFites to participate as individuals is giving them a chance to redeem themselves and some how redress the wrong they did to our people.
Maybe forgiving them helps us heal as society as well. I think giving the signal of forgiveness today helps society get to transition sooner than later. HGDEF affiliates find it easier to withhold support to a dying regime if we as a society are forgiving and the oppositions/ activists not so vindictive.
I think HGDEF should be allowed to stay and even be allowed to present a program and run for election. My only reservation is we will have cases where individuals come forward to demand justice for past atrocities. Other than that HGDEF can be useful to check new dictatorial tendencies by new powers.
Allowing at least mid and low level HGDEFites to participate as individuals is giving them a chance to redeem themselves and some how redress the wrong they did to our people.
Maybe forgiving them helps us heal as society as well. I think giving the signal of forgiveness today helps society get to transition sooner than later. HGDEF affiliates find it easier to withhold support to a dying regime if we as a society are forgiving and the oppositions/ activists not so vindictive.