This is why pressure groups are needed inside community so that they can force pol parties to support them.

Yahya Ibn Mu’adh Radi Allaahu anhu : “A friend is the one who you don’t have to remind to remember you in his supplication, and that you don’t have to flatter and impress, and that you don’t have to apologize to.” [pg.46-The Manners of Seeking Knowledge by Shayk Raslan]