POLITICAL parties should gear up for more internal fissures as they hold primaries to select candidates in preparation for polls in 2013 and possible by-elections in 38 vacant seats soon, analysts have warned.
They said although primary elections were meant to show a culture of internal democracy, which should replicate nationally, questions were increasingly being asked as to whether they are the best way to select candidates.
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