
That is what perhaps the government tried to do when its representatives informed the media that the opposition had agreed to exclude from the proposed ToRs the name of the prime minister, and the perks and privileges which his family had received during its stay in Saudi Arabia. And it was only expected that the opposition would hit back. And it did. It would only be in the interest of the two sides not to leak out-of-context sensational crumbs of the deliberations that have taken place to the media. It would also be advisable to focus on the irreducible minimum, which is to deal first with the money trail that led to the first purchase in the early 1990s of the London apartments owned by the prime minister’s family. After having established this, the scope of the probe could be extended to loan defaulters and those who are accused of transferring money earned through corruption and kickbacks. We would want to call on both sides to conduct these discussions in good faith. Continued rancour on the ToRs and further delays in setting up an inquiry would greatly harm the country, and particularly the ruling party itself.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 29th, 2016.
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