5 Quotes by Paul Fishstein

What do people want? A clean and accountable government, food on the table, jobs.

With a limited role for political parties, things will be fluid, with lots of deal- making.

This is going to be a new exercise for most people. There's not a clear and consistent understanding of what a parliamentarian does.

A lot of people love to talk about improving security, electricity, water systems, but that's not necessarily what parliament is intended to do. They'll be passing budgets, they'll be representing the material interests of their constituencies, and that takes a certain level of skill.

It's going to be very difficult for communities that feel that they have been on the receiving end of violence ... to see the very people they hold responsible standing up in parliament and giving speeches about the future of the country.