The town hall meetings must function as a tool to form a consensus on government policies, not as a means to show off the president’s field trips.
But his actions raise questions about the motive.
The DP cannot avoid criticism for returning to the authoritarian days, when the party head appointed the floor leader.
Both governments must set emotion aside and address the problem to serve both corporate and national interests and sustain the hard-won partnership in the future.
The government must urgently devise a countermeasure for such cyberattacks.
If the new governmental body leaves responsibilities divided across various ministries, it will only add to inefficiency in government policy.
If he keeps that promise, the press conference will be a starting point for change in his remaining three years.
It will be sinning to the future generation if it wastes the momentum once again.
The must also prepare mechanisms to prevent technology leaks and deal with importers’ abrupt refusal to pay the sum they agreed to pay.
The DP’s special law proposal for a universal cash handout went too far.
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