RE: Time to talk ....20 Oct 2024 12:27
Sometimes people in high office start enjoy the importance of being important. This period of time for people of a small but no less important country, when given the chance to rub shoulders with greater powers, is usually fleeting. Thus, in certain cases, some attempt to extend this period of importance, to the detriment of others, is made without prior thought of the best outcome for all; the real objective. Given being put in the same position many of us might be equally tempted but the time is coming for the powers that be in TL to decide. IMO, TL are probably getting too much advice from too many voices, each giving the advice best suited to their cause. It is time for the decision makers, in TL, to huddle together, in a room to arrive at a decision before leaving. They cannot now be ever accused of making a hasty decision as, any decision will be subject to scrutiny in hindsight, usually by 'wise' people who did not deign to tender advice at the outset. Thus, whatever 'he/she/ or they' decide will be half right and half wrong. There will always be some who will use hindsight to prove themselves right. The time has come to 'decide and be damned'. Just get on with it, make the decision that you, as TL, believe is the best for Timor-Leste, for nobody else especially personal benefit, and may your God be with you.