Culture of toll collection

Money and wealth has become the final arbitrator in the modern philosophy of life. What is more worrying is that the miscreants, controlled by the hidden godfathers (politically protected?), are in their early 20s (similar for the suicide bombers).

The young and future generation is being eroded of moral and ethical values. The indirect effects on the society would last for a long time. Get the roots right. It is different from trimming the branches.

Nothing works even during the normal period; not to speak of the pre election time prevailing now. This is the time to make compromises against national intereststhe addiction for returning to power, as spelled out by the netas. Good governance is not possible when temptation hovers underneath pious faces. The have-nots cannot rule honourably!

The election manifestoes are a farceproved time and again. The development projects siphon off 50 pc of the budget through unfair means (the majority of DCC projects are non-essential). Politics is a public service or business?

Then there is the question of monitoring public feedback by the regimeit is a non-starter since 1972. Conclusion: politics does not work in the LDCs.