Even as the government invites the younger post 65 MPs to speak up with passions and reasons, it is clear that it is all the farce.
The smarter MPs could see it from past experiences to those MPs who are more objective but eventually are dropped from another term or greater advancements.
So in my opinion it is still very much a power game. It is not the speeches or reasons that count. It is how one pretends to go along and make tempered and moderate speeches who will eventually be the winners for their own advancements.
So forget about the major policy errors or major causes of the present state of divide within the society.
Maliki is right - people have to play their part so that government can change for the better.
MPs are powerless in power game - it is too strong for them to be objective or disagree.
So those who praise the system will soon be recognized and win personal advancements and more rewards.
gritted-teeth conformance can only achieve so much ... things change when personal sacrifice is called to adjust agenda ...
look where Rumsfield is now ... a humbled thump from his high horse .. for his party .. considered a flop by analysts and joe public