To drive a car we need to be trained and get a licencse.
To sell milk we need a licence.
To teach children we need to do a course and get qualified.
To prepare food for sale we need to be licensed.
To provide medical services we need to study, pass a course and get a degree, etc.
But…
To run for a seat in parliament and then govern the country?
What? WTH?
No courses, no qualifications, no experience, no nothing… Just suck up to people in your party and kiss some arse or grab some pussy and you could run the country…?
No bloody wonder we are in such a mess.
To even run in an election the candidates must have at least done and passed a basic course on ethics and civil norms and responsibilities, in a democracy. Surely?
Bloody hell… allocating politicians to administer specific portfolios must be on the basis of their expertise and knowledge and understanding of the matters and responsibilities of the portfolio?
And… the people should elect who gets what portfolio… rather than handing them out at the discretion and whim of the party leader!
Otherwise it is jobs for the boys/girls/whatever and subject to manipulation.
DYT?
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
