Thursday, July 24, 2008

How Long Until He's Forced To Resign For Being Honest With The Public?

Indian member of parliament Ateeq Ahmed recently announced to the media that he would be voting against a proposed nuclear deal with the United States because
he doesn't understand it.

"I have not understood what the deal is all about," he told the Press Trust of India. "Though I listened very attentively to the debate throughout yesterday (Monday), I could not make any head or tail out of it."

"I will definitely vote against the government. If I, being a member of parliament, could not understand anything about the nuclear deal, then how can the people of the country follow it?"

This is quite a refreshing change from the way things are done here. I'm not saying India does everything right all the time, I just happen to think that one of the first documented cases of honesty in politics to come along in my lifetime deserves to be commended.

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