Are regional parties that seek to concentrate their legacy and future in the hands of a chosen heir destined to face the same challenges that the TMC is confronting today?
Those who spent decades working alongside the founder are rarely comfortable taking instructions from the next generation, especially when authority appears inherited rather than earned.
At the same time, today’s voter, particularly Gen Z, is far less accepting of dynastic entitlement. Legacy may command respect, but legitimacy has to be earned.
The irony is that this changing pulse is often sensed by everyone in the power corridors except the king or queen determined to see the prince or princess inherit the throne in a democracy.