In the former finance minister's opinion, a lot of the decisions that have been made to date have 'not passed the test of rationality'.
In the former finance minister’s opinion, a lot of the decisions that have been made to date have ‘not passed the test of rationality’.
“I think that it’s very important that the security services, who have a particularly important role to play during the lockdown, are an asset and that they help people. I have seen this elsewhere in the world. Members of the police go about, they help people. In this country, it’s all about the use of force. It’s about the abuse of law…”
Not dealing with these problems could give rise to a “coup state”. He said we needed to ask government to be a lot more considered and rational in its decision-making process from here on out. “What you can and can’t buy and so on doesn’t work. Also, the idea that you can exercise only in a three-hour period. None of these pass the test of rationality,” said Manuel.
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