"We are Muslim and our religion requires us to give a certain amount of money per year, a zakat, to the poor," he said, referring to annual charitable giving mandated by the Koran.
In a functioning democracy, such behavior is an affront to the very principles that allow people to give mandates to governments.
"Appliance manufacturers are all given mandates to increase their energy efficiency by certain standards, and the guy who goes the lowest becomes the benchmark," Mr. Shantaram explained.
They are hired by board members who often want big changes after years, even decades with leaders like Mr. Zacek, and they are often given mandates to take the theaters in new directions.
In the area of global health, many of these structures were institutionalized and given mandates to galvanize actions in a range of areas neglected by existing institutional arrangements.
This parallels in some ways the restraints on imperial behavior by Chinese dynasties that sought a perception of popular as well as divinely given mandates to rule.
"It's a damning indictment of those who design and implement regulatory systems that set these guys up to fail, where they are given mandates that they can't fulfill," he said of the Blueberry suit.
"The people give their mandate," read signs touted by many in the crowd.
We suggest that serious consideration should be given to mandating rear seating for children, particularly those aged 4 and under.
It was therefore given a mandate that focused primarily on inflation, and has interpreted that mandate very narrowly.
