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| wise words ::. | | What is the difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has limits. - Albert Einstein. |
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| editorial. | 05/10/02 |
Just what the doctor ordered
It is indeed heartening to hear something from someone who is somebody about the corrupt ways of our officials in the government. This is a fact which even the church is afraid to condemn, just generalising corruption in government departments, but never condemning an individual department or its officers. Saturday's remarks of the Central YMA president about corrupt practices by Forest officials is an open secret that has, at last, been condemned publicly.
However, the corruption that permeats the government is not confined to the Forest department alone. It would not be off the target if one was to say that all government departments practice corruption in one way or another. Brave men with brave words need to come out and publicly condemn these practices as the CYMA president has done. With him showing the way, and hopefully, others following suit, there may yet be hope for the people.
Our politicians, to tell the truth, all have very good intentions when they first assume a high office. However, officials do their best to corrupt them so that their own corrupt practices would not be remarked upon. After a year or so in office, the temptations finally become so hard to resist that they are finally sucked into the black morass of corruption from which there is no easy way out. The results, as is clear to anyone, is more suffering for the masses.
The people do not begrudge those in high offices and important positions a few extra rupees here and there, though this is not to say they condone corruption. However, when the extra rupees become extra-ordinary rupees, it is hard for the people to view their leaders and officials as persons who are looking out for their welfare.
However, in these cases, the voice of the people becomes inaudible as little attention is paid to it by those who need to heed them most. As such, persons of prominence need to publicly speak out against those fattening their bank accounts from the people's share. A good start has been made by the president of the largest non-governmental organisation in the state. Such outbursts are good for the public as well as the government. Outbursts such as the one made on Saturday at frequent intervals would do a world of good for the reformation of governance in the state.
A challenge has been made by the CYMA president to other like-minded persons who figure prominently in the Mizo society. Will they come out now or be cowed by the what is wrongly assumed as an impossible situation?
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