Facing The Enemy Head on During the Parliamentary Debates in Africa

Abstract

Several research efforts have focused primarily on intensifying enemity between the ruling and opposition parties in different African states highlighted in different parliamentary debates. African politics have not changed for decades, name calling, labelling and insults has led to tensions, disappearance, unexpected deaths and reactive civil wars in different institutions. Facing the enemy head on in parliamentary debates is an approach which is aimed at identifying the gaps needed to compromise on issues to promote effective governance needed to change the situations. The parliamentary debates are conducted to clarify the policy implementation to improve the innovative actions to reduce the tensions that may disrupt the efficiency in different institutions. The aim of this article is to examine facing the enemy head on in parliamentary debates between the ruling and opposition party working very hard to educate the public about different initiatives. The discussions related to parliament debates are ongoing in different African states to measure the data collected from eight articles collecting the data. The gaps identified in the literature reviewed provide a definitive theory of efficiency using the legal frameworks acceptable as the basis of an analysis of the parliamentary debates, especially facing the enemy head on. Based on the articles collected from 2010 – 2019, highlight facing the enemy head on in parliamentary debates at different debates. This systematic qualitative method presents a modified framework to assess the effectiveness of parliamentary debates by defining policy, practice, and performance, as well as loops to share the lessons learned. It was found that facing the enemy head on in parliamentary debates the misleading comparisons, overgeneralizing a point, framing as extremism, ignoring nuance, simplifying motivations, and distorting consequences. The results highlight the urgent need to reduce unnecessary parliamentary debates by developing better awareness, increased understanding the implementation of appropriate measures for long-term adaptation.