best and brightest contest elections and enter public service.
Correcting a failed political system is our top priority after extricating ourselves from the American mess in the region. In fact, our existing political instability is neatly linked to permanently ending foreign meddling in our politics.
The discredited politicians in power today are a result of a 2006-07 secret deal brokered between the governments of the United States and Britain. That deal imposed incompetence and corruption on our nation. It is also proving to be our worst economic and national security problem.
We have seen how the executive has been used to hatch conspiracies against the judiciary and against the military. These conspiracies will continue in future. The existing system is also unaccountable for glaring wrongdoings.
A politician who beat an election worker and continues to threaten federal representatives is yet to be prosecuted. A plane banned from transporting passengers worldwide was given a license allegedly after political bribes, killing 130 Pakistanis.
Some 70 Pakistanis died because someone in the government sold them fake medicines. And we have politicians who have taken oath of allegiance to foreign governments and lied under oath to become legislators in our parliament.
The purpose of all laws, elections, and democracy is to improve Pakistan, protect Pakistanis and create opportunities. If this doesn’t happen, it is time for correction. Continuity is good provided there is a system in place that produces new blood, new faces and new ideas.
There are strong signs that the next elections are going to be more violent than ever and will produce more instability and stalemate. We should introduce a system that vets candidates and streamlines the political process and the role of parties and politicians. Pakistan desperately needs a break from politics and a shift to education, prosperity and development in the coming years.
Both the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the military have shown admirable caution and patience in dealing with a failing political system. But patience won’t bring better days. Only action will.
Email: aqpaknationalists.com