Action, not words [Archives:2002/45/Viewpoint]

Yemenis have become so accustomed to this phrase that they no longer believe the seriousness of those excerpts. The “need to progress, develop, improve, build , etc.” usually resembles the fact that officials are on many occasions are mere talkers who know what is needed but do not fulfill their duty to have this needed thing become a reality.
How many times have we heard that this or that official has expressed the need to do something, but that something is never done?
It is so unfortunate that the official media has presented an image that could potentially deceive the viewers because saying that we need something could temporarily have the public relieved that the official saying this knows what is needed. But are those needs met in reality?
Our country’s decision makers have talked for far too long about the need to have security, the need to reduce poverty, the need to facilitate investment, the need to eradicate illiteracy, the need to provide better education and health services, yet none of those needs are met.
In a time we are preparing for elections, those officials currently in key positions should evaluate what they have done for the public besides talk. They should see if what they have done was indeed satisfactory to have the public trust in them for another term.
Today the public is so frustrated that not much of what is said is implemented on the ground, especially those concerning the economy. They hear about numbers in millions of US dollars and projects worth billions of Yemeni rials, yet fail to see how they have improved their lives.
Those coming months should be a time for self-assessment by the government and ruling party to correct its wrong-doings and start all over again.
People want tangible results that improve their lives. They are fed up with optimistic sentences and phrases describing our needs.
They want their needs to be met.

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