IS THERE ROOM FOR THE GOVERNMENT ON THE BUS?
(Yayın Tarihi: February 21, 2007)
“I think we're doing something wrong!
Well, so many people
aren't insisting on something for no reason...
Anyway, let's get back to
our subject.
Where are we going this
week? London…”
Could the conversation
above be taking place among members of the government?
I'm sure the last two
sentences are being said.
But what about the first
two?
Doesn't it occur to
anyone?
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Wherever I turn, every
sector is calling for a law.
Journalists have been
waiting for years for a law that concerns them.
Casino operators say that
a law that inspires confidence is needed.
Cinema owners say they
are being treated unfairly and state that a law is needed on this matter.
Artists cannot claim any
rights to their works; they, along with filmmakers, want the “copyright law” they need to be enacted.
Laws on the environment
need to be passed.
…and so on.
In short, every sector is
calling for a law.
So, what are the people
who pass laws doing?
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The opposition parties are
protesting against the current government.
They previously held
whistle-blowing and card-waving protests; now they're staging a bus protest.
They don't even set foot
in Parliament.
In other words, they are
in no position to do anything to get these laws passed.
Right or wrong, they
chose this path and are protesting in this way against an entity they disapprove of.
So, what are those inside—
that is, those in government—doing?
That's the real problem!
What are they doing?
So many people say there
is a problem and voice their needs on every platform: Someone has their ears shut!
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When solving problems in
our country depends on party politics, different questions come to mind.
I wonder:
Are the cinema owners in
our country members of the UBP or the DP?
Do all the journalists in
our country support the UBP or the DP?
Are the artists in our
country sympathizers of the UBP or the DP?
Have the casino operators
in our country always supported the UBP or the DP?
Are the environmentalists
in our country members of the UBP or the DP?
Under these circumstances,
the current government is, in fact, no different from the UBP and DP.
The UBP and DP, as
opposition parties, are also, in a curious way, in Parliament by not being in Parliament (I realize that's a strange sentence; when the situation is strange, the sentences get their share of it too); yet they are doing nothing to get the laws passed (setting their own reasons aside).
Just like the parties in
government.
In this situation, the
questions keep following us!
I wonder:
Do CTP and ÖP disapprove
of the government they formed?
Are CTP and ÖP jealous of
the whistle-blowing and card-waving protests?
Do CTP and ÖP MPs also
want to blow whistles and show red cards?
Do CTP and ÖP MPs also
not want to go to Parliament?
Do CTP and ÖP also want
to stage a bus protest?
Let me say what CTP and
ÖP, unable to meet the legal needs of the sectors in question, don't dare to say: Is there room for CTP and ÖP on the UBP and DP buses too?
See you Friday…
Be respectful in traffic!
Note: Of course the
government has done many things to solve some problems! Let's be fair!
But when we see no action or preparation in response to the needs of the sectors in question, it is inevitable that we form these views.
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