Information, Please

The failure to provide timely, accurate, verifiable information to the country about the many events that have arisen in the last three weeks or so, is having very adverse effects on the credibility of the present administration and on the public’s confidence in its members.
From the outset, it has never been made unquestionably clear whether every member of Cabinet had in the first instance, voted to sign with the Taiwanese; whether the Prime Minister had actually authored two paragraphs of Rufus Bousquet’s Budget Presentation speech, announcing the decision to reestablish diplomatic ties with that country; whether the signing ceremony had taken place with or without the PM’s knowledge, permission or blessing; whether there had been a serious split at the fateful cabinet meeting later that day, or simply a “difference of opinion” scenario; whether Sir John had actually penned the “address to the nation” document that he never delivered himself on television; whether he had suffered a mild stroke at that meeting; whether it was his first; whether he had been victim of “a series of mild strokes” before … or since … or after … the meeting, culminating with a last one in the doctor’s office in New York; whether he is also afflicted with cancer of the liver; whether (as some rumours now state) he never had any strokes at all, but knowingly suffered the effects of the cancer as far back as during the election campaign period; whether he had been advised to rest but insisted on holding on through the budget presentation session, regardless of the pain caused by the cancer; whether the Taiwanese had made financial offers to each of the ministers in order to secure their votes; whether the Chinese had made financial offers to each of the ministers in order to secure their votes; whether … and the unsubstantiated rumours and stories “from impeccable, reliable sources” are as plentiful as mangoes in July, or flying fish in January.
The country needs to know how ill its Prime Minister really is … and whether he will be able to one day return to his post. The country needs to know whether, in the days, months and years ahead, its business will be in the hands of a united, stable group of individuals or of a battling pack all fighting over the one bone. The country needs reliable information.
And it can only come from one source … the Government.
So now gentlemen, the ball is in your court.