Nonetheless, he smiled at Halim. “Well, there’re all sorts of people in the world. No one’s satisfied. The powerful want more power; the rich want more wealth. Just look at the opposition parties. What are they shouting for? They’ve got no responsibility whatever for the welfare of our country and the people,” he sighed. “Their continual harassment of the government means that the important work of building the nation gets held up, because we’re forced to deal with an opposition that’s gone off the track. How can the government do its work in such a situation?”
Halim stifled a grin as he thought: Just keep talking to your heart’s content! Do you really imagine you can fool me? What you’re perpetrating in the name of the people is large-scale looting. You think you’re using me, but it’s me
