MVdisAbilityNetwork final document on Disability Bill

Posted by Yafaau's Dad on Feb 22, 2010 in disAbility Rights, Legislature |

After many meetings and discussions with members of MVdisAbilityNetwork, the common document for the ammendments by AG Office has been finalised by stakeholders involved in the MVdisAbilityNet. And it has been sent to the Attorney General’s Office for approval and fine tuning which hopefully will be included in the ammendments by the President to the Parliament. In the meantime, NGO’s, CBO’s, CSO’s, Parents, PwD’s and even the Ministries themselves need to work on selling this to the Parliament. Parents too can play a key role in making this happen. We need to be thorough with the bill so that we can also play a part in explaining the Parliament member of our constituency in accepting the bill.

A couple of years back, I shared a post at Yafaau.info on “How to influence local politics” and I’d like to share this with the readers at Yafaau’s blog too.
Very often you wish you could change the way things are without becoming a politician. One of the disadvantages of becoming a politician is that you become a target for the news media. Perfection is expected of politicians. However, as a private citizen, you are given much more leeway by the press. Here are a number of ways you, as a private citizen, can influence local politics.

1. Attend Public Meetings

This is a very simple but very effective way to influence local politics. By being present at meetings, you will know what is going on in your community. What is more important, the politicians will get to where they will recognize you, and be more apt to listen when you voice your opinion…

2. Write Letters

Most local politicians get very few letters. Letters are often reserved for government and party politicians. Because of this, letters are given significant weight when considering issues.

3. Make Phone Calls or SMS messages

This has essentially the same effect as writing letters, except it is more immediate. Even if you do not get to speak directly with the politician, ask the telephone receptionist to take a message and give your opinion in as few words as possible. Better yet, ask for the politician

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