An almost ludicrous matter is the shelving of that most fundamental area of local government, to a mere mention in List 2, under Nos. Put simply, while listing local government of course in the schedule, a separate Chapter must figure in these new constitutional proposals, with considerable substantive attention to its place, totally missed now. As we look to the new century, as one country, voluntarily and without force or fiat, we need views and attitudes that are mutually understanding, accommodating, and confidence building. What we have set out above are in this background and towards those ends. Having done so, it is an open question as to how they may at all give up those arms now - unless a new Constitution illuminates fully, all the way, essential constituents of Central Government and Devolution.
Foresight is one of our rarest commodities as humans, here or anywhere.
May what we shall do now ensure that future, not for one, not of some, but for all.