Saturday, May 5, 2012

Parliment is supreme

Politicians always say that parliament is supreme.It is place where the fate of the country should be decided.The justification for this is that the members of parliament are elected by the people,hence whatever they say in the parliament is the voice of the people.No argument could be more flawed in the current scenario.How accessible are the Members of parliament,how can we approach them to give suggestion,what qualification do they hold to decide and vote on all the matters,who are the council of advisers of MP's,what are the qualification of MP's,Is there a system where members of constituency can voice their opinion on a particular legislation that is passed,how can MP's be made accountable if the go against the people of constituency . And on top of all their flaws,they make a mockery of parliament by reducing all debates to achieve political gains so that they remain in power rather than doing good for the country.
All laws made in the parliament will be best law,no one else in the world can come up with better system.This is also wrong.The quality of debates are so poor that you would think that do they have any rationale at all.They hold the constitution is supreme,it is the world of god and no improvements can be made in the constitution.The reject any new ideas based on the constitution,they reject any new ideas citing stability,they reject new ideas unless they are to profit from it.It is not a case that MP are not be trusted.But the are so closed and not transparent that they make it impossible to trust their judgement.
Contitution as envisioned at the time of formation of  country is supreme,.But it is also outdated.It was based on the view that will of the house will be the will of the majority.It was based on the premise most of people will be rational,hence the people they elect will the rational.And the decision they take in parliament will be rational.It always took into consideration that majority will be right and consist of rational minded people.But this premise is false.The rationale they present in the parliment is illogical and deceiving .The motives for their judgement are questionable.This leads us to conclusion that their decisions are biased.But the hope was that such people would be in the minority and majority will offset and correct such views.However in the current system.The majority is irrational and rational people are in minority.Theirs voice and decision hence have become irrelevant .This basic flaw which was not envisioned by the creators of constitution .This flaw must be rectified for parliamentary democracy to function efficiently again.
MP are not accountable for the stand they take in parliament.They donot need to provide any justification.We do not know on what basis they have made their decision.Have they taken into account the members of the constituency.How do the communication with the people who elected them.Do they have any mechanism so that people can approach them with view's.how does the voice of the people echo in parliament.how to the people address their griveance and concern to the MP's .These systems are not in place.So how can the MP's be justified in saying that they are the voice of the people just by the virtue that they have won a election that takes place once in 5 years.There must be a mechanism to challenge the MP's and challenge the parliament so that they work efficiently.They must mandatory work for prescribed number of hours,they must be penalized for disrupting and creating chaos in parliament.Their statements in the parliament must be held accountable and scrutinized.How come MP's can criticize the constitution in the parliament but when a common citizen does so he is a traitor.
Parliamentary democracy has turned into a monarchy.Most people in the parliament have remained in power irrespective of their performance,work they have done.This indicates a inherent flaw in the system.In a country of a billion people are there only a few 100 people whose are eligible to lead and decide the fate of the nation.New people must emerge and given a change.Successive terms as MP's must be discontinued.Otherwise the circle of power will never end.Once people who hold power will always remain in power.
MP's say that they are under constanty scrutiny and are unfairrly blamed.They have taken the responsibility of running the country.They have to bear the scrutiny and blame for failures collectively.In our system it not that only government takes the decision,it is the parliment.Hence entire parliament and distorted view of constitution is accountable for the state of apathy in the country.
If some people raise their voice against this,they are called as self righteous people.If some people present new and improved ideas to parliament,they are discarded due to massive egos of the MP's.The debates  in the parliament are mind numbing and disturbing.The result and conclusion of the debates are scary.Why should we trust such a parliament,why should we hold it supreme .......

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