Opinion Point of departure
Given the seriousness of the global economic crisis,G-20 members must try and agree upon reform of the IMF by focusing on issues like legitimacy and scope.
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• Given the seriousness of the global economic crisis,G-20 members must try and agree upon reform of the IMF by focusing on issues like legitimacy and scope. Since the IMFs role has expanded,it needs to ensure that its actions are transparent and effective. It should also be assessed through accountability mechanisms. But the point of departure must be a restructuring of the voting mechanism to give emerging economies and those in need of assistance the leverage they need.
Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik
New Delhi
Lesson for others
• The Supreme Courts verdict against Sanjay Dutt must serve as a lesson to every political party. The SCs decision must be held in high esteem. Its very important for the Election Commission to monitor individual candidates records and leave the courts to decide on their fitness to contest.
S. Krishna Kumar
Dombivli
• The Supreme Courts decision to bar Sanjay Dutt from contesting elections is welcome. Apart from the EC and the law,political parties should avoid picking candidates that they may deem popular but whose flaws and misdeeds they disregard. The rest,of course,is in the hands of the electorate.
Mahesh Kumar
New Delhi
People power
• Most political parties do not have the will to abstain from offering a ticket to apparently crowd-pulling but tainted candidates. Thus it is necessary for the educated sections of society to react to the malaise and create awareness among the masses. If the public becomes vocal over its objections to dubious candidates,parties may finally refrain from fielding them.
Saumya B. Panda
Noida
Fundamental values
• The Shiv Senas words and actions over the appointment of a lawyer for Kasab are inexcusable. Outfits like the Sena forget that India is a democratic state,running on the rule of law. Therefore,we cannot operate by denying our fundamental values and the mechanism of our system. In India,legal counsel cannot be denied to anybody because thats not done in democracies.
John Alexander
Nagpur
Wind of change
• History repeats itself; and one can only speculate on the outcome of Barack Obamas message to Iran and the Afghanistan summit. One cannot deny Irans strategic importance to West Asia. Its also undeniable that the US and Iran must learn to get along with each other. However,only time will tell whether Iran will budge on the nuclear issue.
Mohd. Y. Ansari
Meerut
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