Rule of law must be respected at all cost

 THE message is loud and clear from our courts – no one is above the rule of law. 

And sending politicians and senior public office holders to jail at such a pace that we are seeing now like never before shows how corrupt our leaders are now and have been in the past. 

The courts under the leadership of Sir Salamo Inja have done the nation proud by clearly demonstrating that our judicial system is supreme and is at work.

So far we have already witnessed a good number of politicians and senior public servants sent to prison. The list of the likely corrupt leaders that are yet to face the judiciary is unbelievable. 

I wish our people are literate enough to make better decisions at the polls in 2017. 

This really demonstrates how corrupted our nation is, as already stated by international rating institutions. 

One funny and stupid policy that only contributes to corruption is the perks and privileges of politicians, though they are being implicated of misappropriating public funds they are still being allowed to continue to misappropriate public funds to cater for their legal bills. 

What a national political joke? 

If you are looking for reasons why huge public funds budgeted each year shows only very little results? 

It is corruption; highly decorated and polished by our own mandated leaders, and comes in all sorts of form. 

And that is how corrupted our nation is. However, strange enough as I have observed, this government has decided to stop the fully supported and widely awareness campaign of combating corruption. 

Why? The answer is simple. 

This government is very corrupt itself. One has to only look at the list of the implicated members of parliament and you would realise that most are government members which include the prime minister.

The establishment of anti-corruption institutions was an idea put forward by patriotic and principled leaders namely Belden Namah, Sam Basil and Alan Marat which served its purpose really well. 

But now the initial idea is aborted and diverted, because the established institutions were revealing all the corrupt activities of the very leaders that are serving in the O’Neill Government. 

And there you go, all in the name of corruption the established functioning institutions are axed with a new idea, with our people are being fooled again. 

It is really a cat and a mouse game but eventually, the people through the courts will win. 

And all that is evil will be cast to the devil in prison.

The fast growing disease that has engraved itself so well and is killing our society is corruption. 

And I think it is more important that our prime minister and his government must continue to emphasise their stand against corruption just like what they did in their early days before the 2012 election and after the election, “the fight against corruption”. 

Finally as a patriot, I would like to challenge the leaders implicated to publicly apologise to the nation about their wrong doing. 

And simply step down from public office and allow the rule of law to take its course. 

And I would wish if anyone of them can be bold enough to make a public statement asking the prime minister to set the example, be like them step aside and allow the rule of law to take its course. 

This is the way it happens in other democracy. 

And if we are a Christian nation then we must do the right thing. 

The Governor of Texas in USA for example recently made a public apology for his misbehaviour as a leader and resigned. 

The rule of law therefore must be respected at all cost then we can stand proud and say that we are a Christian nation, otherwise all our much talked about natural resources and improved economy will still have nothing to so for.

N. Bangulass, Via email