2007 - Sum up 1
2007, for me will be remembered as the year of Politics. I have tried not to show disgust on the current state of affairs, but sometimes it’s just too much and the frustration has to be vented on someone, something, somewhere…
If you just start reflecting on some of the significant elections (complete list) that have taken place in this year, there is Ukraine, France, Belgium, Russia, Pakistan, Argentina and Gujarat (in India).
Now, I don’t know much about most of these countries and there is no point in copy/pasting from web pages, hence I will not comment on some of them.
Belgium (I am currently living here) – It’s been 6 months since election and no government has been formed yet. Reason – The Flemish and Waloon can’t agree on common terms and hence the dispute. The current dispute is complicated - how should an electoral district which includes suburban Flanders and parts of Brussels be split up between the country's Flemish and French-speaking political parties?
Pakistan – The least said the better. This is how a friend has been blogging about the Emergency and post Emergency events. I remember a conversation in my office, when one of the EU lobbyist asked me about what I thought on Emergency in Pakistan. My sincere answer was that I don’t care. There is nothing new in it for me. What will happen eventually is that a new judiciary (Musharraf’s men) would be set up. Musharraf would become President again and Benny Bhutto (love this name for her) would become PM. The last part still has to unfold though. Fingers crossed.
Russia (I lived there couple of years ago) – The biggest shocker. Not the results, but the drama before it. BBC and CNN, out rightly showed how Russia was not developing because of Putin’s government. A friend had these thoughts on the same “People may say what they want- Russia has been growing. I also don’t understand those political games. Putin put himself into the list of United Russia party. That's ok. He is finishing his president term. He can’t apply for 3rd term. So what should he do? Being a part of Duma, lower chamber of Parliament, he still will be in control and ruling Russia, yeap, in different ways. There are lots of things being said now in Russia. But more than 50% voted for United Russia! Many many people believe in Putin.” And it’s a fact, no matter how good or bad (I think bad overall) the country is growing and developing.
Argentina – Christina Fernandez took over from her husband as the President of the country. Guess Hilary Clinton should go and take some advices from her.
India – When I talk about India, I don’t mean that there was any national election, I am just generally referring to the “politics” part of it all. So you take the Indo-US nuclear deal (Explained here for a layman) in a jar, add some people from CPI-M (Communist Party of India- Marxist), definitely add some of those honcho’s from BJP – who since losing elections don’t have anything to do except oppose anything NDA (read Congress) proposes, and shake it all up. What you get is a disheartened Prime Minister, who doesn’t have support within his team and for sure outside it. How the hell is he supposed to develop India???????
...to be continued
If you just start reflecting on some of the significant elections (complete list) that have taken place in this year, there is Ukraine, France, Belgium, Russia, Pakistan, Argentina and Gujarat (in India).
Now, I don’t know much about most of these countries and there is no point in copy/pasting from web pages, hence I will not comment on some of them.
Belgium (I am currently living here) – It’s been 6 months since election and no government has been formed yet. Reason – The Flemish and Waloon can’t agree on common terms and hence the dispute. The current dispute is complicated - how should an electoral district which includes suburban Flanders and parts of Brussels be split up between the country's Flemish and French-speaking political parties?
Pakistan – The least said the better. This is how a friend has been blogging about the Emergency and post Emergency events. I remember a conversation in my office, when one of the EU lobbyist asked me about what I thought on Emergency in Pakistan. My sincere answer was that I don’t care. There is nothing new in it for me. What will happen eventually is that a new judiciary (Musharraf’s men) would be set up. Musharraf would become President again and Benny Bhutto (love this name for her) would become PM. The last part still has to unfold though. Fingers crossed.
Russia (I lived there couple of years ago) – The biggest shocker. Not the results, but the drama before it. BBC and CNN, out rightly showed how Russia was not developing because of Putin’s government. A friend had these thoughts on the same “People may say what they want- Russia has been growing. I also don’t understand those political games. Putin put himself into the list of United Russia party. That's ok. He is finishing his president term. He can’t apply for 3rd term. So what should he do? Being a part of Duma, lower chamber of Parliament, he still will be in control and ruling Russia, yeap, in different ways. There are lots of things being said now in Russia. But more than 50% voted for United Russia! Many many people believe in Putin.” And it’s a fact, no matter how good or bad (I think bad overall) the country is growing and developing.
Argentina – Christina Fernandez took over from her husband as the President of the country. Guess Hilary Clinton should go and take some advices from her.
India – When I talk about India, I don’t mean that there was any national election, I am just generally referring to the “politics” part of it all. So you take the Indo-US nuclear deal (Explained here for a layman) in a jar, add some people from CPI-M (Communist Party of India- Marxist), definitely add some of those honcho’s from BJP – who since losing elections don’t have anything to do except oppose anything NDA (read Congress) proposes, and shake it all up. What you get is a disheartened Prime Minister, who doesn’t have support within his team and for sure outside it. How the hell is he supposed to develop India???????
...to be continued
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