Dear Editor,
I have read the Chief Justice’s decision and I have reconciled it with the constitution.
The man is rock solid; he deserves a national award for pointing out the obvious to brilliant lawyers. With our flawed constitution, he has followed the letter of the law as enshrined in that document and thus I welcome this decision.
It is time the majority opposition get their act together, and do what is prescribed by law and vote against the entire 2014 budget if they have any reason to believe that it does not serve the needs of the people. If the 2014 Budget looks anything like the 2013 Budget, filled with all those doubtful projects, then the only sensible and legal option is to reject the entire Budget.
If the PPP is not happy with this roadmap, they have the power and the option to call fresh general elections. But this is not an option for the PPP since if elections were held today, the secret PPP-sponsored poll pins them at approximately 42 per cent, which is worse than where they stood in 2011.
It is time for the opposition to take this fight to the PPP and vote down the entire budget.
Voting down sections of the budget is an extremely risky option and will just empower the PPP to spend whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want without parliamentary approval.
We must judge this decision on its merits, and it is sound.
This man should be confirmed as the Chief Justice since he is a judicial official par excellence. Just brilliant!
Yours faithfully,
Sasenarine Singh
