Politics - enemies or opponents

1. In our democratic country, the citizens elect representatives from political parties into parliment. The citizens elect these people because they think that these people will REPRESENT the majority's opinion to the government.

2. As an extension of democracy, office bearers of political parties are also elected by its members into something akin to a management committee, often called supreme councils, executive committee, etc. Again, these committee members are elected because the members think that the elected will best REPRESENT the majority.

3. Because it is politics, there will be differences in opinion of different political parties. These differences in opinion should be because of differing views on what is the best way for the COUNTRY to go forward. That is the differences is on a subject and not mindless hatred of another human being.

To simplify, I'll use members to mean both members and citizens (members of country).

Do you think that the 3 points are or should be reasonably true? That we have elected people who we think best represent us. Best, not necessarily good, just the best of the available ones.
If the above points are true, then the opinion of the elected should be the opinion of the members or at the very least, one to protect the members. So when an elected official is elected, should he be more of a member of the country or a member of the party? Perhaps depends on the context of the opinion he is to express?

So can a member of a political party be friendly with a member of an opponent party? If not, would you have do disassociate with friends, family, business partners, etc? I remember reading somewhere that there was two siblings that are on different sides. Which I thought was very commendable.

Just to digress, I disagree with the term opposition. Opposition is to oppose, that is to do the opposite. That means if I go north, my opposition will go south. If I go east, opposition must go west. (Perhaps that is why we have some problems.) Opponent, on the other hand, does not do the opposite. They go according to where is best. If I go north, the opponent can go east, south, west, and north too! Whatever is best.

When 2 people are from different political parties, do they be enemies?

Unlike competing commercial organisations, where they fight for business, politicians must work together for the good of the country. Anything detrimental to the country must be avoided.
Is it good for the country when leaders treat a member, who attend functions of an opponent party, as an enemy?

It used to be that many love stories where told where the girl and the boy came from feuding families, families from different classes/nationalities/race/religions/etc. And these families would violently object to the relationship based on the said difference.

Well, it seems that some of us have elected more than a few representatives that feel that attending functions of an opponent party is unforgiveable disloyalty. Is that how the majority feel? If it is, then it is very scary.

Think of it. If there are 2 groups of people who are REPRESENTING the MAJORITY's opinion in Parliment, it means that what they say may be the opinion of the MAJORITY of the people.
Now, if the leaders of one of these groups (probably both) are treating the other group as enemies, would that imply that they are representing their members?

Even if their actions are not representative of the people's will, these are the perceived leaders of the country. And they are treating the opponent political party as enemies. What will their followers do? Will they follow?

Now if there are two groups of enemies representing the people, and then there may be two groups of citizen-enemies?....

Scary.