Sunday morning and the world woke up to find that the just-ended Australian election was inconclusive with no party likely to emerge with an outright majority. At the moment, the current Prime Minister Julia Gillard is attempting to form a coalition government.
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| Australian Prime Minister Ms. Julia Gillard (left) and her main contender Tony Abbott Hmmm Tony Abbott looks mysteriously like Tony Blair in this picture Source: BBC Online |
Interestingly, this outcome was very similar to the British election of 2010 that resulted in one of the strangest marriages between liberals and conservatives that the world has ever seen. Closer to home, the 2008 Ghana election was the closest in Ghanaian history and probably one of the closest in world history.
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| The BBC Focus on Africa magazine cover that aptly predicted the outcome of the 2008 Ghana election So are close elections the new sign of the time? What do they indicate? Are they a sign of a vibrant democracy or perhaps apathy and ambivalence of electorates across the globe? Food for thought. |
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