Our institutions are being eroded, at home and abroad

I have often written in these pages about the importance of independent institutions as a way to promote good governance in a country and the key role they have played throughout history for the development and growth of a country.

US President Donald Trump is not one who espouses this view. He considers independent institutions an impediment to achieving his agenda, which by definition is the holy grail and must be realised at all costs. While one must admire his effectiveness in bending matters to his will...