Depending on which side of the political spectrum you place yourself, you may believe that the government has made great strides to improve governance or, indeed, you may believe it has been forced to do so by the international community and local activists. You may believe that the institutions are now working and that the excesses of cronyism, sleaze and corruption are now being tackled. The bottom line is that there has been an improvement in governance. Appointments of key figures like the attorney general, the commissioner of police and heads of other key institutions are now not made at the pleasure of the prime minister but have to go through a process, which, at least on paper, makes them independent.