"It is high time he leaves"

"How are you?"
"Alhamdulillah, sihat" I answered. "But business is too slow" I continued.
"I am an academician, I shouldn't be saying this, but things are not ........................... I think it is high time he leaves" he commented without my provocation.

Just about last week, I had a chat with a government retiree (just retired) and the comment on the subject matter sounded too familiar, "the country is going down the drain if we go on like this!!!" and continued, "He needs good people, good think tank".

These kind of remarks coming from the business people are too common already and we are fed up of it (I mean, of the business scenario). But the same talks and sentiments coming from high level government servants are worrying me.