Political Science

A country with heterogeneous population in terms of social, political and religious maps poses a major challenge for new governments. All the factional groups have got different ideologies and interests and they therefore require an administration that clearly understands the internal dynamics so as to eliminate emergence of rivalry. New political government should study the different religious factions of their political interests and determine which groups must be included in and which must be excluded in the new government. Recruitment into core government institutions such as security, civil service and public administration needs to be all-inclusive. Creating mechanisms of good governance, for instance self-governance, may be the best form of adoption. Thus, the new political system will foster reconciliation among the different religious factions and ensure that the government in generally acceptable countrywide (Rhodes, 1996).

With such a system, fundamental issues economic empowerment and autonomy- which are critical and divisive among the religious groups will be effectively addressed. However, this will be dependent upon the distribution of the religions scattered or confined in specific regions. Factions that are distinctly confined in specific regions, have specific political-base commands compared to uniformly spread religions and hence a challenge. In case of the former arrangement, the religion-faiths will tend to strongly demand specific socio-economic facilities and involvement in government. In such a case, federalism becomes a requirement if not a necessity. The various factions will in such be acknowledged, autonomous, and have equal opportunities (such as voting rights) to participate in the new political government (Marina and Yaphe, 2003).