Bribes offered to parliamentarians to switch sides is another problem. I faced it when my opponents moved a no confidence move funded by Muslim militants opposed to a woman in politics. Open balloting makes cheating more difficult. And those who switch sides can be forced to resign. The president my party elected switched sides plunging Pakistan into a downward spiral on the rocky road of nuclear explosions, economic implosion and, finally, martial law.
Fanatics challenge stability too.
They do it under the cloak of religion. In promoting interfaith dialogue, the chances of a clash of civilizations can be averted. A country where bomb blasts ruin lives and desperate young men, commit suicide because they cannot afford to live. It is unethical, when a regime is deaf, dumb and blind to the agonies of its own people. All of us, as Asians, can raise our voice when rules we set, in the ink of humanity, are violated.