However, what is more important is taking steps to prevent such acts, which is also a president’s duty. The issue, in most cases, is that governments pay more attention to media coverage than to implementing those programmes. Initiating and implementing development programmes, as the President had so boldly claimed, should not be limited to when the cameras are flashing. Many parties, who act as the intermediaries between the Government and the President and the public, also have a huge responsibility in this process. It is the Government’s responsibility to see to it that they too fulfil their responsibilities, which ultimately decides whether the President’s visit to the village was worth it, when the cameras stop flashing.

Source: The Nation February 08, 2021 22:30 UTC