Lay off the President

I wish there were no post in a democracy, wherein a certain figurehead would not be answerable to anyone. I refer to the Supreme Commander of our armed forces. Make no mistake. Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam is a wonderful human being. He was one of the leading contributors to our nation’s nuclear programme. He is arguably the most popular President in India since 1947.
Agreed the Prez is merely a figurehead in India’s brand of democracy. But he does have executive powers to overturn even a Supreme Court ruling. That is where my grouse is. These executive powers give the President immense privileges - that should be very carefully enacted. If captured terrorists and murderers plea for pardon and their lackeys threaten the nation with dire consequences if their comrade is hanged, what does the good scientist do? He tries playing the Narasimha Rao game. He thinks the nation will forget and when they have forgotten, he will commute the terrorist’s sentence.
Mr. President - we have not forgotten. Such an affront to the nation does not merit any deliberation. I know it is a stupid rant of mine and these words will never reach you. But I hope the nation’s sentiment does. We are tired of the proxy war Pakistan wages on us. We are tired of politicians giving terrorists clean chits. If Afzal is not hanged soon, it would be decent of you to step down as you are answerable to the nation and not to the terrorists or separatist Kashmiris.