Getting down to business

Headline | From Issue #532 (December 17-23, 2010)

Representatives of the 27 parties focus on the task at hand while debating whether to extend the term of the High Level Taskforce, Sunday

Whatever the motivations of those demanding a parliamentary session, and those in government opposing it, the fact remains that there's a lot of work pending. In this sense alone, the President's action to call for a session from 19 December cannot really be faulted.

This does not mean the honourable members of the CA will actually achieve much, with decisions largely relegated to the head honchos of the three political parties. But a caretaker government that doesn't even care for the niceties of parliamentary process is rather less than a government. Let the games begin.

Published on Dec 17, 2010