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CPI leader for parliamentary reforms
Wednesday April 04, 2012 07:27:15 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Communist
Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja Wednesday called for effective
parliamentary and constitutional reforms to strengthen
parliamentary democracy in the country.
Participating in a discussion organised by Observer Research
Foundation and The Hindu College of Delhi University, Raja said it
was a shame that parliament worked less than 100 days a year when
there was so much to do.
He also stressed the need for equipping MPs with necessary and
effective support systems so that they could work more effectively
to cater to the increasing aspirations of the people.
Tracing the history of coalition governments in India, Raja said
he did not think coalition governments affected the efficiency and
effectiveness of the governance structures.
But Manish Tewari, MP and Congress spokesperson, said the lack of
absolute majority for a single government was having its impact on
decision making.
He suggested the time had come for a debate on the issue.
Former Home secretary G.K. Pillai regretted that there was a clear
lack of direction from the political class to the executive, which
he said was strong and efficient enough to implement any decision.
"If the rider is directionless, what can the horse do?" he asked.
Pillai, now RK Mishra Chair at ORF, said as the political class
failed to take decisions, the judiciary stepped in to fill the
vacuum, and asked the executive to take certain decisions.
He said there was an urgent need to initiate reforms in many
spheres, including police reforms. But politicians were not
interested in reforms as it would affect them, he said.
Pointing out the increasing crime graph, Pillai said crime rates
would only increase in the next two decades.
One reason for this was the increasing aspirations of people to
make quick money and then the ineffective criminal judicial system
which allowed 90 percent of the criminals go scot free.
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