Dear Editor,
The appearance of TV ads informing our MPs of upcoming sittings of our exalted parliament, the premier institution of our country, has been a source of irritation to me, a continuing assault on my national pride and unhappiness that my tax-dollar is being wasted. In some ways they parallel the common ‘death and funeral’ announcements!
To me they reflect an anachronism in this age of instant, ubiquitous, easy and cost-free communication made possible by common, universal information technology via the internet’s e-mail and similar programmes. I truly hope that they are not reflective of computer illiteracy among our MP’s or the support staff of the Parliament Office.
(Even old me cannot let a day go by without opening my laptop!)
Yours faithfully,
Nowrang Persaud
