The governments are created to protect the
natural rights of life, liberty and property of its subjects. The governments
shall not neglect the welfare of the people. Presently all the political parties
and movements have degenerated and the eyes and hearts of political leaders are
riveted on power and money. They have forgotten the common man who elevated
them to their seats of power.
In the event of a government do not come
up to the expectation of the people and fails to provide food, shelter and
clothes; and the foreign policy of the government fails and a war ensued with
the result some portion of our territory is conquered by an enemy country; the
fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution are suspended or infringed and
/ or a government engrossed in corruption, nepotism, bias and ineptitude of a
serious and grave nature; the people, have a vested right to protest against it.
Their anger and resentment might build up into a full scale revolution. If
necessary, the people are naturally and rationally justified in overthrowing a
government in power in a peaceful way. I make it clear that public property
shall not be destroyed in the bargain. The government and the members of the
parliament and legislatures shall beware that “the will of the people is
supreme than the parliament and any other form of government.” But such
agitation shall be directed against issues only, not against any particular
individual. The people, and not any one individual, should be the real
sovereign.
Excerpts from
NEED OF THE HOUR
by
Joseph J. Thayamkeril
Lawyer, Kochi, Kerala, India.
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