Why a wealth of experience alone does not guarantee competence in Ni-Vanuatu politics?

A veteran politician who has a vast array of experience is good, but equally he/she has to have a clean sheet, which should be free away from the stains of corruption. It does matter to the average Ni Vanuatu as to the actions of every politicians (MPs), whether good or bad. Every voter of this small nation has a right to demand as much scrutiny of politicians as necessary. We the average grassroots citizen expect our MPs to invariably adhere to the leadership code. Evidently, corruption and breaching of leadership code were rife during the precedent Governments. Rightly so, it should not be repeated. Understandably, it should not have been tolerated in any shape or form. Voters who have elected for the same old guards, especially those whom their political careers were then marred by controversies such as corruption, should receive the same amount of scapegoat, as their MPs. The reason being that they knew from the outset, how, these MPs were then like in the past. Furthermore, what would be the probability of these concerned MPs to be involved in corruption in the future. Whether they would not be involved in the future, remains to be seen.


Having said that, some veteran politicians had turned the last general election into a circus of hypocrisy, aggression and distortions. Critics claim that some of the mentioned techniques were invoked, to help some MPs regaining their seats. Some critics have argued that maybe people who had voted for the same old alleged corrupted leaders, needed awareness. More surprisingly, voters within the Port Vila constituency. Who would have thought that a politician like the outgoing controversial Minister of land, Mr Korman, regaining his seat? Obvioulsy, in Port Vila there is a continuity of corruption awareness by the media, (in comparison to the Vanuatu's rural areas). The outgoing Minister of Land is renowned to have allegedly involved in a series of corruption. However, he defied the odds. As a result, he victoriously regained his seat. Of course, his voters have the same constitutional rights like any other Ni Vanuatu voters, to have him being voted back into the parliament. But some critics claim that they struggle to find a plausible reason as to why in such a diverse community like in Vila, would have voted for the latter. Vanuatu's political history has taught us that experience alone does not guarantee competence. On the other hand, it is the involvement of corruption that the average Ni Vanuatu population should be morbidly worried about.