{"id":47127,"date":"2012-09-04T21:18:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T21:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=47127"},"modified":"2012-09-04T21:18:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T21:18:34","slug":"chasing-symbols-fanning-imbroglio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=47127","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Symbols Fanning Imbroglio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been observed that the latest spate of violent confrontations across the country is as a result of the desperate hunt for political party symbols in the run down to the November polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contestants for party tickets, especially that of the main political parties in the country, have degenerated the whole process into a boxing ring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incidents of imbroglio during meetings for the award of symbols persists amidst frantic efforts by well-meaning groups to instill the culture of non-violence in our communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lethal instruments and even human feces are being used as tools of intimidation and destruction among party opponents in a process that is supposed to be handled by the people that are being represented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This renewed spate of violence has become worrisome to the extent that there are mounting fears that the November elections will be marred by a spill-over effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sierra Express Media is averse to this unprecedented development in the tussle for party symbols and therefore urges political parties and their aspirants to view the contest as a ball game wherein the best of attitudes and attributes suits the desire of the electorates.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been observed that the latest spate of violent confrontations across the country is as a result of the desperate hunt for political party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[858,1],"tags":[6451,5948],"class_list":["post-47127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-uncategorized","tag-2012-election","tag-political-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}