It is not surprising that some politicians have already started crying hoarse for election. Let them say what they may; the stolen treasure of the people is too important to hide under the abused blanket of democracy. The so-called democracy of loot and plunder has run aground; people would like to see it in the museum as a reminder of the bitter past.

Punishing crime is important but more important is to expand the mechanism for prevention of crime. Violence is the illegitimate child of corruption. Instead of going for the limbs of this hydra headed ogre, the interim government will have to focus on its heart. If the heart is squeezed, the limbs will collapse; the rights of the people will surface from under the debris of corruption linked with the powerful offices.

Someone said politics is a stick in the mud that has been trying to stand in the bottomless pit of corruption. The interim government should drive the piles deep into the hard bottom for transparency and accountability.

The press is the vibrant sentinel of the people. Their loud voice has finally aroused the conscience of the silent ones to go after the thugs stealing people's property.

The purpose of the current government is simple-- to put the governance system on the rail, to bring the eroded good will back to public offices. Let's all join in the fight against corruption.