Governments
come and go, but the lobbyists remain. Only their identities change - sometimes political
activists, sometimes journalists or relatives of the influential. Although
the Secretariat, the heart of the administration, is a restricted state zone,
they face no hurdles entering.
This is
because entry passes are available for a price, allowing their various
activities to proceed uninterrupted. Lobbying has become a “permanent culture” from
the central government down to th...