Democracy was stolen in daylight.

 I voted with conscience, political understanding, and belief in a certain ideology. I rejected a leadership that I felt lacked ethics, experience, and political maturity. But after elections, parties that sought votes against that very leadership joined hands to make them rule us.

Then what exactly was the value of my vote?

If alliances can completely change after elections, the people’s mandate becomes nothing more than a tool for political bargaining. This may be legally acceptable, but morally it is a betrayal of voters.

Democracy is not just about counting MLAs inside an assembly. Democracy is about respecting the trust, intention, and political will of the people.

When leaders rejected by voters are brought to power through post-election deals, people do not feel represented. They feel deceived.

A government formed against the spirit of the people’s mandate may be constitutional on paper, but to many citizens it feels like democracy was stolen in daylight.