Dear Editor,
There are a couple of things that I like about the presidential system in the United States.
The first is the system of arriving at presidential candidates by way of primaries where candidates have to compete among themselves in order to garner enough votes to win the presidential nomination. This ‘dog eat dog’ approach currently playing out is most intriguing and has now become an acceptable norm in the presidential race.
The way things are at the moment, it seems like Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump are the frontrunners in their respective Democratic and Republican camps.
The contest is still far from over as both Bernie Sanders from the Democratic Party and Ted Cruz from the Republican side are putting up a strong fight to get the nomination.
Someone once said that there are three things necessary to win elections in the United States. The first thing is money; the second is money and the third money.
The power of the purse is very much in evidence especially in the case of Donald Trump whose numbers in the delegates count so far have created much unease among the Republican establishment and for that matter people as a whole.
The other thing I like is the two-term limit on the presidency which I believe is good for any democracy.
This in my view is a desirable element to guard against any dictatorial tendency on the part of national leaders.
History has more than its fair share of leaders who have regarded themselves as politically indispensable and who clung to power as though they have a divine right to rule, more often than not with disastrous consequences.
Yours faithfully,
Hydar Ally
