The Editor, Sir:
Whenever teachers and civil servants reach the age of 60 to 65 years in this country, they are required to retire. This they are required to do to make way for younger men and women and because it is believed that their productive years are now behind them. Debatable as this may be, it is the law of our land.
Why then, does this law not apply to our politicians? A look at our Parliament seems to suggest that old age, (60 and over), is a requirement for entering politics. The concomitant diseases associated with aging are pushed far back unto the backburners. It seems that the Latin saying mens sana in corpore sano (a sound mind in a sound body) no longer holds true.
It is my fervent wish that the next government will see it fit to enact laws stipulating an upper age limit for politicians, so that they do not remain in Gordon House and frustrate younger, healthier and brighter young minds. After all what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
I am., etc.,
A.S. JACKSON
Chapelton
