"This is not about equality, this is about good governance and good business, " he added.

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True, Japan is not exactly a byword for good corporate governance either, but the legal system there is decidedly more robust.

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"Failure of good governance is the obvious root cause for the current unsafe environment, eroding the rule of law and not the want of knee-jerk legislation, " said retired Chief Justice J.

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Emphasizing good governance, not sacrificing it to short-term military expediencies by embracing thuggish government officials, is as important as leaving Afghanistan in a measured and unrushed way -- one that doesn't jeopardize the fledgling institutional and security capacity that the country has managed to build up.

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This, of course, is not how one would expect a politician dedicated to the sanctity of the rule of law and good governance to behave.

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