It is just that vested interests and coalition politics make the pace of change glacial.
The International Health Regulations provide a coordinated mechanism of early alert, and an orderly system for risk management that is driven by science, and not by vested interests.
red-vested rattler wranglers with the Shortgrass Rattlesnake Association show off western diamondbacks they collected for the 45th annual Mangum Rattlesnake Derby in Mangum, Oklahoma.
By and large this unelected system is made up of strong believers in the original ideology of the revolution, or at least people who have a strong vested interest in it.
Faust, in the spirit of the moment, said, "By the authority vested in me, let's cut and serve the cake." the crowd - still under a steady drizzle - roared.
The right to make new laws is vested in the representatives of the people.