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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, August 12, 2017
Corruption & Resignations: Our Situation Looks Rather Pathetic!
There are many things happening in the world relevant to the modern context of things happening here.
Plato wrote as given below:
“What is right is right and what’s wrong is wrong ……….
What is fine, no doubt, is everywhere legislated as fine and what is
shameful as shameful but not the shameful as fine or the fine as
shameful”.
Politics is a dirty game. Why is it so categorized? Because it is a game mostly played by wicked players. These players have no heart or compassion for the large numbers who elevated them to the position. Those down trodden and oppressed majorities are paying a high price to watch the dirty game of politics. The electors’ expectations to free them from bondages and social miseries are shattered by the nefarious political game players. Politicians
are not only failing to deliver the goodies but they are far distancing
them from the basic ethics and moralities the public demand from them.
In such a scenario we are compelled to look elsewhere to at least find out whether things are the same everywhere. To
our great consolation, there are instances which we can site as
exceptional cases of good political leadership influencing ethical
conduct.
Photo courtesy Ishara Kodikara and Facebook Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Sri Lanka
The recently elected French President Macron has insisted that his ministers must be morally irreproachable. His
commitment in this regard has been so well acknowledged that he has
been nicknamed “Jupiter” comparing him to the all-powerful Roman God of
heaven and earth who embodies a sense of morality and the obligation of
duty to correct behavior.
Four
of his newly appointed cabinet ministers including a President of his
powerful coalition partner from Mo-Dem party resigned their ministerial
portfolios due to allegations of corruption. Bayrou,
President of the coalition ally said before resignation to a press
briefing, “that he had been the victim of an orchestrated smear campaign
but decided to stand down to prevent the government being exposed to
controversy”.
The
ruling party declared that their departure has “simplified the
situation”. No doubt the step was a relief to all concerned and the
country at large. Some of the members of the party of the resigned
ministers are at the center of an inquiry into misuse of funds from the
European Union.
The Anti-Corruption Police is conducting investigations into allegations of “breach of trust and concealment of the offence”.
In
Pakistan President Nawaz Sheriff stepped down when the Supreme Court
ordered to remove him from office over allegations of corruption. Accusations against him were mainly based on the famous “Panama Papers”.
Michel
Termor President of Brazil was charged for corruption and helping a
young entrepreneur who has made billions of dollars by transactions with
insider trading.