Some of those who voted YES had this to say:
• Yes the public silence is definitely encouraging more corruption in Nagaland. This is the reason that politicians, bureaucrats and contractors get away with their acts of corruption. They know that no matter what they do, the public will remain quiet and at the most will grumble. Its a pathetic state of affairs.
• Yes, Many Nagas assume that silence about evil is a virtue. Oh, what a shame! • Yes. It is an indirect abetment to this vice
• Yes. We tend to grumble and murmur without giving our voice out, to say and point out … We knowingly turned the other way around when we can clearly see what are falling near our feet. Lately, we have seen ACAUT rise up, but is it too late? One head, one voice together can totally change it. We, the public, also have to take part of the blame for bringing this upon us for we should have made our presence felt.
• A big yes, but what right do the majority of us have when we elect the leaders who we know are corrupt. also don't we felicitate those who crack govt jobs expecting something in return.
• The corrupted politicians take advantage of our silence and indifference. Those of us who raise our voice is too mute and without much conviction, and the politicians know that the voices will die down ultimately without achieving anything. Thus the dirty politicians have the guts to go on and on playing their favourite games.
• Yes. The So Called Intellectual Groups Are Suspiciously Bribe And Either Raise Voices With Vested Interest Or Mumb With Money And Remain Indifference. Sad.
• Yes mostly due to the fact that all the citizen are involved in corruption in one way or the other. Right from election time corruption start. It has become a way of life. And finally when the Churches , the citizen moral keeper, involved in form of seeking donation from MLA/Minister fund. Many evangelist have children robbing the department they are working to fund their family ministry, organising foreign trip etc. There are right thinking people but these are too few and their voices are not heard they have also become indifferent to things happening around them.
• Yes. Voice is what is actually required for the government by the public, but when these voice remains silent the Government will obviously make use of it.
• Yes. Nagaland is unique, more so because of stoic attitude of general populace on corruption. It has found a hold so deep and strong that depravity is, now, a new probity. So much for 'Nagaland for Christ'. It is hard to be optimistic considering the current state of affairs, really.
• Yes public in general are silent. Few public leaders are not silent they are screaming but not for public interest, for their personal gain and reputation. Pretending to be seriously serious about corruption but they are main culprit. Some student’s body leaders are the worst. When they themselves are being appointed through backdoor whom they are screaming at? Just to flash their names in newspapers. Anyway who is serious?
• Yes. we, as individuals are too concerned about our own well being that we fail to speak the truth because the corrupted is either your own father/mother/uncle or friend etc etc
• My answer: an emphatic yes. By our silence, we are indirectly saying, "it's okay with corruption."
• Yes. Nagas are yet to cogitate the fact that every establishment including the state itself is a result of people's conventionality. Corruption can't be a personal matter but collective problem and it may be minimised or even eliminated only if the masses act on it.
• Yes. When we are the Voice, why have we not for all these years rise up against this anti-socials when we should? We the masses are to be blamed also for this much evil in our society that is happening right before our eyes… Instead of merely complaining and putting it in God’s hand by saying “God will punish them” we should also initiate action for that’s what our God has put us there…
• Yes our indifference and silence has made the corrupted more bold and more corrupted to have more…. We laugh, detest and jeer at them, but are we really doing our part to end this?? We should retrospect our belief in a pure and honest society and stand up for what we Nagas always believe in. Lastly to the State government … “is it too much to serve the people honestly to see a better future for our tomorrow?” When we go out of our state, people laugh at us when we say we are from Nagaland … coz, they Know.
• Yes! Public are ignorant. For example, some officials in the PHE and Power Dept are contractors. They take money from public/govt dept and execute the work by themselves. A govt servant is not allowed to do contract work, but they had been doing this from the beginning of the dept set up. This is purely corruption. Getting extra money above salary is corruption. Hello ACAUT! Are you aware of this?
• Yes, in every naga house male-female, young-old, educated-uneducated, rich-poor today, the catch word are injustice, corruption, public money siphoned out, people are outcry of misappropriation etc but when it comes to protest, rally against corruption, or start an uprising everyone wants to remain inside comfort zone(home) enjoying watching tv etc. i think we nagas need to learn big lessons from our good neighbors Manipur, Mizoram and Assam.
Some of those who voted NO had this to say:
• No. The onus cannot be on the public. The government officials and politicians are first and foremost public servant and irrespective of whether the public are silent or not, the politicians and government officials must be honest and sincere in discharging their duties. Corruption has nothing to do with public silence and indifference.
• The corrupt are responsible for who they are. They cannot blame anyone by themselves. No, public silence cannot be the reason why they are continuing their corrupt acts. The weak judiciary and poor political system is the one responsible for it.
Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say:
• Corruption is destroying Nagaland. Our leaders are not thinking about the future. They are only thinking about the present and about how much wealth they can stock up. This is disastrous. There are many factors involved. We have a weak judiciary that cannot deliver justice, our investigating agencies also needs to be strengthen and our public organisations have failed the people by collaborating with the corrupt. It is time to act.
