It has been quite a while since I wrote something on this blog. It is taking me quite an effort to clean up my rusted work skills, and I find that I am spending a lot of time to re-familiarize myself with the demands of “normal” work which does require certain skills. The shift from politics back to academia is not proving to be smooth. The striking thing I notice is that the frame of mind has to be totally re-aligned to be extremely objective whereas when in politics, the order of the day is somewhat normative. After a marathon 14 hour day, a just find myself too exhausted to start writing again in a completely different frame of mind. Mind you, age is also catching up, I must admit.
Nevertheless, events in the Majlis today, has sent me into shock. That the People’s representatives sitting in the supreme institution of the nation could blatantly break the very laws that they swore to uphold, and do it on public television sent my mind reeling. Battery, assault, call it what you will, is against the law at any place, any time.
But it did not surprise me really. The shock was that it happened in the Majlis. This has been building up for some time now, and it could only culminate in …..
The burning question is, what next? Where are we headed? The social system is disintegrating rapidly, the nation in a whirlpool, the economy at a dead halt, small businesses are closing down, people are losing their jobs, Ramazan is around the corner, food prices are predicted to climb….and the highest institution in the nation is fighting with ghosts…from the past. Some are fearful that some ghosts from the past will haunt them for the rest of their lives, and others are shaking with trepidation that some ghosts just refuse to die and live in ghostdom, and might eat them alive. In between, I am struggling to make ends meet so that my wife and children will not go hungry.
Sad thing is, we all know that nothing will come out of this hullabaloo. The Government knows very well that none from the past regime can ever be tried in a court (that is any of the big shots who committed the crimes) because members of the past regime has enough ammunition in their pockets to keep the Government out of the courts. Yet, there is a burning need for the Government to appease the bloodhounds which stick by them.
I wish the President would concentrate on governing well, the Majlis would stop wasting our money and make some good laws and the Judges would concentrate on delivering Justice.
As I lie in bed tonight, I will be wondering as to what kind of deals are being made behind the fiery smokescreen, in the backrooms of the MDRPA Alliance office.
