Statement: "Irrespective of who comes to power, what is of prime importance is to heal the badly shaken lives of the people of state 'X' with the assurance that things would not go haywire in future." - A citizen of state X Assumptions: I. The tenets of good governance and development must from the bedrock of the party that forms the next government in the state. II. To concentrate on the prime needs of the citizen is the only way by which the image of tarnished state 'X' can be improved.

• if only assumption I is implicit.
• if only assumption II is implicit.
• if either I or II is implicit.
• if neither I nor II is implicit.