An odd time for personal protest
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When Jade Donavanik, a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee, floated the idea last month that members of the "Five Rivers" ought to be banned from politics for at least two years when the new constitution takes effect, he might have meant it to b
But a distinguished member of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) hit the roof and declared he would resign at once if this came to pass. He said that, had he known things would turn this way, he would not have joined the NLA in the first place.
One can’t help wondering whether, to this gentleman, self always comes before country – and at any cost to the nation.
Vint Chavala
