Response to Mr. Gomes' letter
This is in response to a letter written by Mr. Thomas Gomes Bhura. I think it would be foolhardy to assume that Dr. Kamal Hussain would call for the ouster of this or any other government through extra constitutional means. None of his previous activities have ever indicated that. He has a clean track record. His call for ousting the government obviously is meant through constitutional means. The constitution is written and becomes effective through peoples' mandate. Therefore, if a government fails to govern in terms of managing the economy, law and order, education, health and attending to the inherent right to democratic protest against the misrule, the people have every right to unseat a government through a mass upsurge. That is definitely within the ambit of the constitution. As for "no confidence" in the parliament, we all know what kind of a parliament we have. Is there any democracy within the parliament? I think not. The government had also introduced voting through secret ballot on crucial issues within the parliament, I think, during their past term. Please correct me if I am wrong.
So the parliament exists only to give a seal of 'yes' to its leader's decision.
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