It becomes the Governor’s constitutional responsibility to intervene when a democratically elected body can no longer fulfil its most basic duties
SHILLONG, July 31: Miffed with the GHADC’s inability to pay staff’s salaries, the Congress has asked the state government to urgently recommend the imposition of Governor’s Rule in the district council.
MPCC working president Deborah Marak empathised with the employees of the GHADC.
“Their voices, raised again and again for justice, have been met with cold indifference. They have walked the streets in protest, waited outside offices in hope, yet those responsible for their welfare remain unmoved. Their struggle is not for luxury, but for the right to feed their families, to send their children to school, to live with dignity,” she remarked.
As the backlog of unpaid wages now stretches to a staggering 42 months, the promises have been made and then broken; even the recent pledge to release just two months’ salary has quietly vanished, she said.
Calling the situation a human tragedy unfolding, Marak condemned both the ‘grave mismanagement’ within the GHADC and the heartless neglect shown by the state government.
Pointing to reports from MDCs which hint at gross mismanagement, funds diverted away from their rightful purpose, and crucial revenue-generating departments compromised, the Congress leader asserted that it becomes the Governor’s constitutional responsibility to intervene when a democratically elected body can no longer fulfil its most basic duties.
“This is a desperate appeal to save thousands of families from collapse and despair. Governor’s Rule must be a temporary, emergency step to audit the Council’s finances, clear overdue salaries, restore faith in governance, and lay the ground for fresh, clean elections,” Marak said, adding that bureaucracy or politics should not be allowed to crush the spirit of our people.
“Today, imposing Governor’s Rule is not only the right thing to do it is the only humane and constitutional option left,” she stated.