Dear Editor,
Mr Prem Misir in the Chronicle assails us with statistics and figures in his quest to challenge those who accuse the PPP administration of marginalization along ethnic lines.
Let us assume these figures are accurate – this is not the point.

If he examines most public sectors based on a head count, he can produce a strong compelling argument about no marginalization. But therein rests the absurdity of his statistics and figures.

The question is not about those figures, but who really controls or make the vital decisions – City Hall is but the classic example.

We can do very little unless the Minister says so. We dismissed errant subordinate workers, but because they happened to be well connected, the Minister using our moribund Local Government Laws, orders their reinstatement. There is no need to burden this letter with legion examples save to make the point that Prem Misir’s figurers are fanciful and fail to debunk the widely held view of hegemony being in place, or total control, by the powers that be……