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
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
MEMOIRS
An autobiography
by
Joseph J. Thayamkeril
Lawyer, Kochi, Kerala, India.
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