Today, a former Israeli president was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in jail for crimes (including rape) he committed during his tenure as a minister and later as the president. At the risk of being branded by (pseudo) secularists I want to say boldly that it is time we learned from Israel. I sincerely hope that Prathiba Patil goes to jail for all offences she has committed so far (defrauding a co-op bank, aiding and abetting murdering a farmer and a fellow congress party worker). A lot of us were puzzled as to why she was picked as president. Now, the intentions are clear it is nowhere near the noble goal of appointing a woman to the high office.
Surprised, at such a strong statement well become a believer watch the below videos and educate yourself, then tell me whether she was chosen, because the Italian Maatha wanted to uplift women, no way in hell. She wanted a laptog, who will “co-operate” with her in exchange for constitutional immunity from prosecution; it is an open and shut case.
Watch:
Part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFDzuliOsaU
Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TQd53hn-s
I really hope, even at the risk of some embarrassment to the nation in the short term, Pratiba Patil goes to jail - it will be much more beneficial to our maturing as a democratic nation of laws. Don’t hold your breath as the intellectuals and secularists are more likely to object to anything good about Israel. Least of all an item worthy of learning.
We should now appoint Antonio Maino as PM, that way we can uplift foreign women as well…
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Thank you Mr. PJ Thomas…
Are you wondering, why the hell I am thanking this guy, instead of admonishing him for refusing to resign? In a way, Thomas achieved much more for the nation in terms of tackling corruption, establishing precedent etc., than what he would have if he had resigned at the first allegation and the case had been not taken up by the SC.
Supreme Court in an extremely intelligent judgment, which is very easy enough for lay man like me to read and interpret, has called a spade - a spade.
1. Just going through the procedural requirements alone are not enough, the fundamental premise of “Institutional Integrity” which de facto stands compromised if you pick a person of doubtful “Individual Integrity”.
2. It also recognized that sometimes a “brutal majority” is essential and ruled that no dissenting member of the committee that elects CVCs has “Veto” power
3. The most joyous of all -- it explicitly called out that CVCs post calls for adjudicative capabilities when pursuing issues of corruption and hence it can’t be restricted to IAS cadre alone.
4. It admonished the Committee for not worrying about the integrity and called out that the blame squarely lies with it -- our Ceremonial PM and “Pseudo-intellectual” HM.
5. Last, it demolished two arguments…
a. The SC has no powers of intervention, with a clarification -- when an act is not valid in law, it has the absolute power to intervene
b. The crucial corruption data on Thomas was not available to us (though it was for the rest of the world to see) defense from Manmohan and particularly Chidambaram has been laid to rest.
To me more than anything, the last point of judgment augurs well for institutions headed by Mr. Prashant Bhushan who spear headed the effort and through various spin-doctors (the Sibal, Singhvi, Tiwari kind) and media allies (the NDTV brigade) kept a laser like focus on the real issue and brought about this monumental occasion for the nation. The young of today, may not realize what a joyous occasion it is now, but history will be very kind to this day in the future.
IMO, Prashant Bhushan clearly deserves a “Bharat Ratna” in the special category of fighting corruption.
Perhaps, a Padmashri for PJ Thomas, but for whose stubborn headedness none of this would have been possible.
A very scary thought indeed…. :-)
Supreme Court in an extremely intelligent judgment, which is very easy enough for lay man like me to read and interpret, has called a spade - a spade.
1. Just going through the procedural requirements alone are not enough, the fundamental premise of “Institutional Integrity” which de facto stands compromised if you pick a person of doubtful “Individual Integrity”.
2. It also recognized that sometimes a “brutal majority” is essential and ruled that no dissenting member of the committee that elects CVCs has “Veto” power
3. The most joyous of all -- it explicitly called out that CVCs post calls for adjudicative capabilities when pursuing issues of corruption and hence it can’t be restricted to IAS cadre alone.
4. It admonished the Committee for not worrying about the integrity and called out that the blame squarely lies with it -- our Ceremonial PM and “Pseudo-intellectual” HM.
5. Last, it demolished two arguments…
a. The SC has no powers of intervention, with a clarification -- when an act is not valid in law, it has the absolute power to intervene
b. The crucial corruption data on Thomas was not available to us (though it was for the rest of the world to see) defense from Manmohan and particularly Chidambaram has been laid to rest.
To me more than anything, the last point of judgment augurs well for institutions headed by Mr. Prashant Bhushan who spear headed the effort and through various spin-doctors (the Sibal, Singhvi, Tiwari kind) and media allies (the NDTV brigade) kept a laser like focus on the real issue and brought about this monumental occasion for the nation. The young of today, may not realize what a joyous occasion it is now, but history will be very kind to this day in the future.
IMO, Prashant Bhushan clearly deserves a “Bharat Ratna” in the special category of fighting corruption.
Perhaps, a Padmashri for PJ Thomas, but for whose stubborn headedness none of this would have been possible.
A very scary thought indeed…. :-)
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