Acts of corruption by politicians must be considered as "democratic" exercise

A select group of perfectly "gentlemen" gathered at an underground place. This place is generally where this set frequently meet. However, the location of this place is not known to any body. These gentlemen usually meet here to discuss the country's political situation and at the end of the Summit, they normally issue a sort of statement which the daily broadsheet print in their front pages.

Mr. A is the chairman who has been the nation's prime minister in the past but now remains neglected. Mr. A has his friends. All put together what could be said of this gathering is that the gathering comprises of men from all hue and cries.

Mr. A: Well dear friends! Today we are meeting in a different political context. Things have changed for us all. You know that some institutions are hell bent on us. What would happen the next minute is beyond my imagination. If you have any thing to add, please feel free. I wish you all participate in today's deliberations.

Mr. B: I don't know why the CIAA has been chasing me? To the best of my knowledge, I had collected some "leftovers" from the Dhamija and the Lauda scams. But God promise, I did not wish to collect that. I was forced to collect the said left overs.

Mr. C: Mr. Chairman! Believe me, I haven't slept for all along these days after the King took this drastic action. Bad dreams follow me even in my almost sleepless nights. I sense dark clouds hovering over my heads. All that I did is that I issued extra licenses for the Cell-phones when the country's demand were not that. Albeit, the "man" seduced me and hence I could not resist the temptation of becoming rich overnight as my other colleagues did so after the 1990 change. I can't imagine as to why the CIAA is not accepting my "democratic" credentials?

Mr. D: I don't see my fault. The faults, if any, were committed by my wife. She used to transact the "deals" under my own coffee-table which itself was a donation from a funiture factory whom I obliged by providing extra cubic-feet of the timber. Instead of harassing my wife, the CIAA is all set to defame my "democratic" credentials". This is unacceptable. We must talk to the envoys of the democratic West. If properly convinced, they might come to our rescue. Tell me how to escape the CIAA terror?

Mr. E: My crime, if any, I committed is that I accepted three crores of Nepali currency for managing a tender-bid for a man who happened to be a close relative of my wife. You know I can't say no to my own "petti-coat" government. Tragedy befell on me when the river-bridge which my wife's relative built collapsed the day after it was inaugurated by none other than my self. The newspaper men made a mountain out of a mole. The CIAA since the government has been dismissed is eyeing on me. Even I see security men in plain clothes loitering around my house, which I constructed with that money. When the nation's money has remained in the nation, how come the CIAA dare to harass me? I wish some one in this gathering convinced the CIAA of my unflinching support to "democratic" system and made my case a hush-hush affair.

Mr. F: Mine is a different case. The CIAA presumes that my august daughter has amassed wealth from corrupt practices. Interestingly, my daughter is not that kind of easygoing personality. Look how clever she is: Not a single penny is in the Bank. In effect, she doesn't have even a bank account. The CIAA interrogated her. She as a die-hard democrat could not bear this insult and instantly dubbed the whole action as to have been created to defame the system.

Mr. A: I think, the rest of the gentlemen who have been denied expressions this evening must have similar problems. Because of time-constraint, allow me to reiterate common formulae, which I hope, will contain the ideas and the grievances of us all. Let's issue a statement, which should read as follows:

"The King's action is highly undemocratic and equally unconstitutional as well. The prevailing anti-corruption institutions must take into account of our past contributions to the restoration of democratic system in the country. Albeit, it's a different matter that we all brought some visible political aberrations in the constitution but so what? Our excesses do not exceed our contributions. We hereby appeal the authorities not to engage in a sort of politics that damages our whole political career. What is wrong in amassing wealth by a declared "democrat"? If you penalise us then we will join the other rival camps. If left untouched, we might act like an "informer" and inform you about the fresh conspiracies being hatched against the current government.

In sum, we dub the impending actions being taken against us all "corrupt-democrats" as an act that goes totally against the spirit of the system and the constitution".

Next morning, some corrupt newspapers printed the whole text of the statement. However, we don't know at what price the "deal" was struck in between the "democrats" and the men in the "fourth-estate".

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