This is what he is being quoted as saying
GOE continues to pursue a policy framework that encourages private domestic investment
Really?
In this regard, all sectors – agro-industrial processing; the transport sector; electronics; assembly plants, the hospitality sector etc. are all open for investment
More than empty disingenuous talk, I think he should start planning a transition. He will soon turn 80, and we need to see the new generation that will take over accompanying him when he travels abroad or during ministerial meetings. This cannot go on for ever. The country has accorded him all the prerogatives of leadership, we have all given him all the leeway that any leader could legitimately ask for. It is time now to show gratitude for this by sharing leadership responsibility with those who are going to take over after him. He shouldn't wait until we demand it, he should start planning it.