Our parliament resembles a puppet show

What is happening in the special majlis of Maldives gives the semblance of a puppet show conducted in a puppet theatre.

Puppets have been used since the earliest times to animate and communicate the ideas and needs of human societies.

The modern day puppet shows have an important feature of interactive learning. This is especially useful for children. Children are not just passive observers and receivers of information during the performance—instead, they are active participants.

Through the puppet show, children can acquire new information and transform the information into permanent and sound knowledge. Games, music and verbal communication between the actor, puppet and child contribute largely to the interaction.

Different countries have different types of puppetry. The current farce of trying to amend a constitution for more than three years has plenty of puppetry. Finger puppetry and use of mouth to cajole, perform, ridicule and entertain is evident from the behaviour of some members.

At last our nation is learning a new art, rather belatedly; the ancient art of puppetry.