This man Iggi can really write brilliant. Here what de man write pon SN about how Shahab give Burnham de dictator constitution.
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IGGI
No one wants to say it but I will. The habit of respect and reverence often override other concerns as it is said one should not speak ill of the dead. But one must also remember the Christ said, "let the dead bury the dead". Those alive must acknowledge the truth and only the truth is illuminative, redemptive and a means for the living ( not the living dead) to find and receive divine grace.
On another section of SN opinion column, there is an eloquent piece reflecting on the strength of q democracy. The essence of the piece speaks to strong institutional fences to guard against despotism. Wise men as the american founding fathers, for example, thought long on hard on this. They reflected on legacy of the western tradition to come up with the best safeguards for a constitutional democracy. They also supported their claims with additional justifications ie the federalist papers to explain why they selected a particular path.
Not Shahabuddeen, He used his vast intellect to reify the powers of a dictator to legitimize a one party dictatorship. There is no virtue in that. That is political dark arts of the Cesare Borgia sort in its full flowering. Mr Shahabuddeen may be all of this worthy things of him by his close friends and family. He is however, also the architect of the worse aspect of our national discontent; that onerous constitution. It is the source of a four decades long non democratic agency that actualizes ethnic strong men and we are the worse for it.
