Every partisan can have his view who won the debate, but the following facts are indisputable:
- No previous govt has willingly come forward to have a threadbare debate with the opposition in open forum on a burning issue of the day
- Only PTI govt has made inquiry reports public
- All facts and figures are made available for complete scrutiny so that public can arrive at their own judgement
- Only in this govt every contract and every additional loan is minutely examined, and govt ministers willing to respond rather than obfuscate
- Level of public interest/scrutiny economic issues means there’s almost real time assessment taking place of govt decision unlike, for example, in the signing of 20yr IPP or 15yr LNG contracts that happened virtually in the dark
Given the right information in an easily digestible form, the public (educated or not) is quite capable of deciding for themselves what’s good for them. One party or the other shouting and screaming that the other only lies is less likely to work. Facts will speak for themselves!
Addendum: No previous PM has so willingly allowed himself/herself to be subject to questioning by repeatedly by numerous anchors (some not too friendly) on a regular. Few subjects have been off the table in these interviews
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