Is the PM in control?

By Moazzem Hossain, Brisbane
24 August 2004, 18:00 PM
Over the last three years, the nation has seen that immediately after a political assassination or bomb blast, the PM met her kitchen cabinet and made eye-catching statements as if she was in control. In fact, it has been proved that she has not been in control since the British High Commissioner was attacked and a lawmaker was gunned down. Indeed, these were not petty incidents. The government has failed to protect the VVIPs. Her kitchen cabinet and she met again on Sunday after Saturday's carnage.

But will the government be able to do anything? Past records do not make us optimistic.