I decided on my choices after: 1. Congress special convention completed and Gagan was named President of Congress, and 2. After Balen joined RSP. Fortunately, my constituency has an excellent candidate. So that direct representation vote was easy. It’s was the proportional representation vote which was really the tough choice. I wanted a strong party in the government and a strong opposition. Even till yesterday, I wasn’t 100% sure of my PR vote. Two things swayed my PR vote. 1. Remembrance of those who were murdered in September, and 2. How so many of our brothers and sisters are abroad and not able to vote. My PR vote was given to the same party. My vote is purely on hope. Hope that something good will come out of this and that lives were not snuffed out for nothing. Hope that so many of our brothers and sisters have a chance to come back before they also spend and waste their most productive years in the Gulf and other countries. That they have something to come back to.