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formation of country is supreme,.But it is also outdated.It was based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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