DOOMED GOVERNMENT

Have Courage to Stand Up for the People!

If we look around us there are many glaring instances where the government is hapless and helpless in protecting and promoting the public welfare. At times, the government seems to beg for others to do something rather than using what they have and rightfully within their jurisdiction to compel others to tow the line.

Ironically, they do not even think twice to impose authoritarian and draconian laws against the public who elect them. There are instances when they unashamedly using the dreaded ISA against simple and petty cases - by simple I mean there are abundant of laws which the government can resort to in those cases but instead they take the shortcut by invoking a very unjust legislation.

When it comes to compelling the business entities to reduce prices and improve services among others they claim and seem helpless. They say that it is beyond their power. Now, by January the government has decided to reveal concession agreements with toll operators which have been the talk among suffering public because of burdensome effects on them caused by the lopsided nature of such agreement. Today, the Work Minister in the Parliament claims that the government cannot compel the concessionaire to shift toll posts which are causing congestion and traffic jams. What kind of agreement is that? Just because they build state of the art roads (doubtful though)they seem to have the upper hand stepping aside the welfare of the public who are the tax payers.

What kind of government we have right now? Any right minded and rationale people will be able to see any discrepancies, loopholes and injustice just looking at the terms of those agreement. Under tort, the public has legitimate expectation that the government will look after their welfare and well-being and not inflicting sufferings or hardships.

It seems that the government is incompetent and impotent to uphold and protect the public at large by conceding too much to these ungrateful business entities. What we have done to deserve a weak government?

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.- AESOP