Wise rulers always read from the text and don’t deliver extempore speeches, particularly, when important political and state matters of sensitive nature are sought to be discussed or touched upon in their speeches. Human beings are fallible. A slip of the tongue or choice of a wrong word can put them in a very embarrassing situation . This possibility can be easily avoided if they always deliver written speeches.
Recently the opposition parties raised a hue and cry over some utterances of the prime minister in his off-the-cuff speech which could have been avoided had he first reduced in writing whatever he wanted to say in his speech. Deviation from this standard procedure is made only by those who have a thorough command over the language they use. Even a person like Z. A. Bhutto and Khrishna Menon who were very good speakers having full command over English language never took the liberty of addressing the UN extempore. Let us hope the PM would heed this advice and would be more circumspect and careful in delivering his speeches. He had better get them vetted by the Foreign office if they pertained to any foreign issue. Addressing a gathering while on a container in a public rally and addressing to foreign dignitaries are two quite different things and should be dealt with in different manner. One remembers Bhutto’s tone, tenor and contents in extempore speech in Mochi gate or Chowk Yadgar was quite different from his highly polished and vetted speeches made in the gathering of foreign dignitaries or in state receptions.
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