Implicit in all of the agreements and statements before the elections was an undertaking that the parties would not seek to undermine each other, but would continue to be representative of their constituencies. If the People's Partnership were to fail, each one of the units in the coalition would have a major responsibility to shoulder for such a failure. And that responsibility would extend beyond the immediate attempt to harmonise the differing political constituencies. Another failure would surely make it even more difficult for a future coalition to get the support of the electorate. Not one of the parties in the Partnership can pick up its marbles and go home. If that were to happen, it would immediately deligitimise the right of the forces left back to govern, much like what happened with the NAR after the 1987-88 fragmentation of that particular coalition. The contests within and amongst the PP parties do not need merely to be managed, but the party has to have a structure that reflects its nature and there also must be mechanisms for the party/ies to participate meaningfully in governance.