"The buck starts here."

If only 30% of affected people were getting state aid after five weeks then that blame or responsibility has to be borne by none other than the President who was in overall charge of the relief work and is also head of government. Former US President Harry Truman had a sign plaque on his table in the White House oval office "The buck stops here." If the game of deflecting blame or passing the buck stopped with the White House in Washington the situation in Colombo is the reverse. "The buck starts here" is more appropriate at Janadhipathy Mandhiraya. - DBS Jeyaraj, in Sri Lanka, The state that failed its people