[vinnomot] Changes signal determination to turn a corner

Changes signal determination to turn a corner

Advisers' council must work as a team

Although the step has come several months late, yet we heartily welcome it. A public perception had been growing over time that certain individual advisers were pulling the government down. Some were performing poorly and others were being vociferous with insensible utterances in their zeal to play to the media that undermined the image of the government and created confusion in the minds of the people. They created more problems than they solved. They neither could work as a team nor prove individual capabilities in their respective fields.

A midstream changing of 50 percent of the crew of the ship is indicative of two things: an acknowledgement of growing public concern over the performance of some advisers and, two, a new determination to turn a corner by pulling up its socks to perform better in the remainder of its tenure.

Whatever the composition of the council of advisers, it must jell as a team and work in coordination with each other on the one hand, and with the chief adviser, on the other.

Working style of the advisory council ought to change with the new-look cabinet. The chief adviser has to do some rethinking on the modalities of work. It is our view that the government looked a bit disparate in the past. Allowing individual advisers to work independently gave the impression that different advisers were moving in separate directions without any central vision.

This government is not just there to govern but to achieve certain vital goals such as restoring democracy, accountable government and better politics on a limited time scale. It has to therefore constantly evaluate the broader picture of how far it has advanced in the task of handing over power to an elected government.

We believe that the business as usual approach of holding once a week cabinet meeting is perhaps inadequate for the task. The chief adviser should meet his team oftener both to get debriefed and to give his directives to them. This is vital to bring about cohesion, dynamism and unity of purpose which were lacking so far.

There is also the factor of duality of authority which is of concern to us. There are multiple centres of decision-making which created problems in the past. If performance of this government is to dramatically improve there must be rethinking about this.

The changes were necessary and we are confident that this move will help the government to achieve its goals, the principal one being a credible election by December this year.

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