‘People’s Voices: To Whom It May Concern’
“Do you fume that though the clerk at the Ministry promised to look into your issue, he has not even called you even after six months? Is the road leading to your house in the darkness as the street lights are not working? Or conversely, are they on even in daytime thus wasting public funds?”
On the 8th of May the Daily News began their, ‘People’s Voices: To Whom It May Concern’ article. Finally a place to narrate the horror stories we have gathered from visits to various government offices and indeed simply walking the streets of Colombo. A much needed tool that improves communications between government and citizenry.
Improved communications moves us into a place where we, as citizens, can hold our government accountable for its actions. As we demand accountability the government will be forced to increase its transparency. In turn, increased transparency means a decrease in corruption.
It may be considered simplistic to presume that this column alone will bring about dramatic change over night. But what can’t be denied is that it is a step in the right direction!
(See the full article here)
http://www.ard-acp.com/show_news.php?lang=1&id=1829
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