 Parties will field candidates to contest in general elections . They have to be high quality people – with integrity , ability , commitment , drive – all the attributes which we look for in an ideal candidate . But the candidate is not on his own . He carries the banner of the party . ... [ H ] e identifies himself for the party 's manifesto , the programmes and the promises that the party makes . ... In this scheme , if voters in the general election support the party and vote its candidates in , and they form a majority in Parliament , then that party with a majority in Parliament forms the government . And that party has a mandate , not only because it so happens that this specific group of MPs , at this moment , supports it , but because it stood in a general election and the voters gave it the mandate , and indirectly , through the MP , voted for this party to form the government of the country , and to govern the country until the next general elections are called . Therefore , the emphasis in this system is on the ruling Party delivering on its programmes and promises . 
