PS: Transparency

A short post scriptum on my earlier post regarding Shaikh Mohammed's online initiative.

Today, there's a story in The National about a discussion on the economic downturn which the Federal National Council (FNC) had requested in November (!). The Cabinet, though, now decided to postpone it until its measures to tackle the situation were completed.

(Under FNC rules, five council members or more may call for a discussion of any issue of public concern, but the Constitution requires the Cabinet’s approval before any debate actually begins.)

The bottom line: Transparency Yes, if I have to, but on my terms, and when I want it.

At the same time, it emerged that Dubai sees a 35% drop of hotel revenues, due to fewer visitors and increased number of hotels.