floriano <[email protected]> wrote: Cabinet meetings are out of bound for Press. GSRP endorses this decision of Manohar Parrikar to keep media out of his hair. It is the internal policy matter of the Party's Government. Not all things discussed at these Cabinet meetings are for public consumption.
If GUJ is offended, so be it. Next, the GUJ will want to cover the proceedings in the honey-moon suite just because the marriage was 'legal' ?? COMMENT: Florianobab, perhaps, the patracars would be better employed in and around the honeymoon suite. IF, the GUJ president is QUOTED accurately (and I am not sure about that), he would really be doing the decent thing by stepping down as president of that outfit. I'd add here that a Cabinet is NOT necessarily homogenous in its make up. A good head (CM,PM, President) does best when he receives all kinds of varied and even critical opinion from the other cabinet members. This gives the other members and opportunity to critique the critique freely before a consensus or unanimous decision is reached. Experience has shown that members give their best (even if misguided) advice, when allowed to give it "in cabinet". This discussion being RAW, it is in the interest of democracy that views expressed in Cabinet, are kept in cabinet. As per the system of government followed by those who follow the 'Westminster' model, the Cabinet decision is a collective decision; so is the "responsibility". Dissenting (at the cabinet meeting) members have to either accept responsibility for the decision OR resign from cabinet. A quick review - even on Google - will reveal how the system works...." Famous ministerial resignations". Hopefully, the patracars will realise that neither Manohar Parrikar nor his party invented this 'code' for cabinet meetings. It is 101 in Good Governance ....(unlikely to be seen in commie or tribal governance). Yes, Mr GUJ President, I will apologise for you. You could still resign and attend some night classes. Say what? You cannot be critiqued? OK then! jc
