Ta what adopted the escape of the life convict, with the non-resignation of the political head of the Police, the non-acceptance of political duty and the a minimum of unusual views of Marios Hartsiotis on what constitutes political duty, oblige the column to cope with the problem that’s all the time related and regarding our political life to the very best degree. Pressures to resign, coming from numerous quarters, pressured the chief minister to resort to his personal handy definition of what political duty is: “…to me political duty means two issues. First, to proceed to establish failures, errors, issues and decide to fixing them. And secondly, to provide all my power to the implementation of the contract that the Cypriot folks signed with President Christodoulidis…” and he comes again unmoved, stating that his resignation could be a “cowardly and straightforward act that satisfies populism”.
No, Mr. Minister. You’ll not discover what political duty and political decency imply in any regulation or structure. The which means of decency emerges from the habits of politicians from democratic and privileged nations who don’t hesitate to resign for much less critical points. It’s a query of sensitivity and deepening of democratic establishments. Politicians are pushed to resign for one thing for which they don’t seem to be instantly accountable or guilty. They take duty for one thing that went mistaken of their ministry with none negligence on their half. To undertake such an act requires bravery and isn’t cowardice. And that is performed by folks characterised by morals, dignity and a excessive sense of duty. It’s a matter of political ethics, i.e. it’s imposed by unwritten guidelines that come up from widespread sense, are instantly undertaken and never imposed from above. Public figures undertake to hold out tasks or different institutional modifications that will likely be useful to society as an entire. The implementation of what they undertake to hold out is a matter of respect for the residents and in case of failure resignation is critical.
The propriety implied by political ethics is sort of non-existent in Cyprus. In the very best case, if somebody accepts any duty, he takes it solely verbally with out resignation till the matter is forgotten. That is additionally helped by the brief reminiscence of our folks, which favors tolerance of any type of corruption. And the typical citizen has turn out to be so addicted that he often goes unnoticed and considers resignation as hypersensitivity. Issues that had been huge scandals once they got here to mild are at risk of being forgotten and going unpunished. Voluntary resignations are unknown and are made solely after coercion. For a democratic State to perform easily, political integrity and transparency are indispensable. The citizen must be conscious of what’s being performed to have the ability to test the legality and honesty of the officers. In any other case, when there isn’t any management, belief within the establishments can also be misplaced.
The shortage of political integrity in our nation is eroding the whole lot in our political life. An enormous situation of ethics arises, which now we have nearly accepted, from the appointment by the previous President Nikos Anastasiadis of the Lawyer Common and the Assistant Lawyer Common who had been members of his Ministerial Councils and at some stage will likely be referred to as upon to attempt instances for which the personal! Everybody realizes that it doesn't take a lot evaluation to elucidate that these appointments are the epitome of entanglement and corruption. That with these appointments values ​​resembling morality and propriety are thought of outdated and we ignore them. And when decency is absent from the highest of the political management what tradition is anticipated to be cultivated among the many folks? And the tragic factor is, all these scandalous, provocative and unimaginable issues occur with out substantial reactions, in order that the protagonists get the messages that the whole lot goes effectively.
