The above incident as reported finally confirms a total lack of
talent of the present elected leadership and its ability to govern
the country with reason, objectivity, fairness, justice or
equity.
It demonstrates its total failure to understand the larger
perspectives of running of a country - needs to grow the
intellectual and political maturity of the people in order to bring
about greater diversity of views and solutions and greater vibrancy
of social and cultural sphere to promote such growth to take the
country higher on the road of progress to bring about the greatest
benefit of the greatest number.
It is a confirmation that the leadership of the country has no more
higher ideals or qualities to govern the country for if it has it
could easily have come up with a better than in open public view
so there is a danger to incite disobedience to law and order
garbage in denying police permit to allow political party to
celebrate their anniversaries or some special ceremonial occasions
of which the ruling party itself has been given plenty of occasion
to do so by the same Home Affair police authority.
All citizens should be able now to see the bankruptcy of mental
capacity to deal with political process or accommodation of
alternative views and solutions to problems resulting in a
situation where the police could only talk garbage in not granting
any permit as long as there is a fear of civil dissent of their
state of high-handed governance in its many latest policies like
denying CPF withdrawal at 55 or self-rewarding of ministers by
writing their own pay cheques.
It has become a government which after failing to meet the needs of
the people like accountability for its policies and actions it has
resorted to unreason and acting beyond reason and beyond the pale
systematically suppressing through political and police power
peoples views and solutions to better evolve the people as a
nation.
It is confirmed that there is no more a government by truth, reason
or common sense of decency.
There is no comprehension or regard for truths, arguments and
rationalizing of governing decisions and policies.
Dr. Catherine Lim was right in pointing out the increasing divide
between the government and the governed in her comment on state of
governance.
Like the Myanmar government it could only govern with sheer
political power of its police by suppressing all basic civil
freedom to any form of political participation.
It is a government by legalistic lawlessness by legalistic
terrorism.