EXPENSIVE AUGUST HALLS

The counting has begun but before that, an investigation of how the PCOS machines work, where the parts come from, how it is operated, etcetera were discussed for more than 8 hours. Now folks, how much did it cost the government to have answers for those questions? over a million, considering the salaries of the officials and the staff, the aircon expenses, the supplies and equipment, light and water used? Well, it sure is a very expensive thing to have officials working in that manner.

Consider this: if a company held a general assembly and before the meeting starts, the chairman would ask, what kind of paper are we using? what is the brand of computers that we are using, how much is the ink, etc. ? Can you imagine corporate-thinking people acting in that manner? Of course not, they are very conscious of money, of expenses, and so they would try to find out those details first before attending the general assembly where NORMALLY, the talks would center on the nitty-gritty of whether the company made money the past year or not.

In other words, the company is more into the macro of things in a general asembly than the microscopic details.

What expensive august halls we have. Maybe democracy does not have to be this expensive, if only the leaders would lead with greater cost-consciousness.

Yet I am still for a democratic set-up, not any other dictatorial thing where one or a group would dominate the rest of the people. And no parliamentary style of government please, just presidential.