The incumbent government must come out of its utopian world to reality. The government must realize that it is made up of humans and hence it has weaknesses. They are likely to make mistakes and there is nor harm in accepting and correcting those. The illusion that “we are beyond mistakes and errors” is what destroyed previous governments. It is further reinforced by blind followers who tend to support and defend every right or wrong decision of their leader for personal satisfaction or petty gains. According to Burke, government is a contrivance of human wisdom with the primary duty to provide basic amenities of life as well as to protect life and property of citizens. In a democratic system everyone is equal and ought to be respected without any discrimination. Victimization and bullying opponents while in power is not democratic, but hallmark of tyranny. Moreover, whatever the system of government, money matters. When people are poor and start getting marginalized by the policies of government, they don’t care about loud speeches and tall claims. They want to see results. I think enough time has passed for the present government to now come out of the election mode and start performing. Just keeping making promises they can’t keep and blaming everything under the world on their opponents is not going to take them far. They have to realize that the loud speeches by lawmakers and senators to revive economy do not make much of a difference. Unless they work hard and put forth a solid plan followed by strong effort, nothing is going to change and they will disappear in history like their predecessors.
Raja Shafaatullah
Islamabad
