MPs are lawmakers and not cheque book carriers and basic service deliverers
by LUCAS KIAP MPs are supposed to be lawmakers and not cheque book carriers promising to deliver basic government services. Implementing government policies and delivering basic services is the function and the responsibility of the public service mechanism in the country and not MPs. How did this happened? Basic services is not rocket science. A drug addict or a street seller can be voted into parliament to deliver basic services becuse money (budget) for basic services should be there regardless of whoever is voted into parliament. People have the right to basic government services by law under the constitution. That's the reason why there is an elected government in a democracy, serving the people and not themselves. No MP or government should promise people to deliver basic services or take credit for providing basic services when people already own everything including the MPs and the government. MPs are supposed to be legislators, lawmakers and not basic service delivers o