Governance
Every country has leaders who are in play to make the daily agenda run smoothly. Management is a sensitive area leader’s failure to crash an organization or a government. People respect leaders and obey rules and regulations set aside for the smooth running of a country. A country requires the president, members of parliament, governors, and senators to foresee the agenda. Citizens of a nation select leaders through casting a vote on Election Day. Citizens have a right to decide who they want to govern them, and bad decisions give rise to corrupt, selfish and ruthless leaders. This essay shows Hamlet bringing to light the corruption, incompetence, and selfishness of leaders in government.
Government Corruption, Incompetence And Selfishness
Corruption
Many leaders in the office take bribes or blackmail citizens who walk through their doors seeking services. The senior official makes junior staff follow in dishonest footsteps, and failure to comply costs them their jobs. At times, citizens have no choice but to offer money to get their needs satisfied. When officials in government offices are corrupt citizens, they suffer a lot despite the fact that their vote puts the senator in office. Leaders who are corrupt enrich themselves from the pockets of weak and innocent citizens. Police officials, at times, catch a fugitive and release him merely because he is given some money to make the case go away. A corrupt country has many criminals walking in the streets, and nobody can touch them due to their deep pockets. Police departments in some states are run by criminals who have money, like drug cartels, and they pocket good cash end month on top of salaries. In countries like Colombia, there are many drug cartels in play, thus resulting in murder each time. Police helped cartel leaders to get rid of murder evidence and paid off to keep quiet.
Leaders are very smart, taking bribes from people, thus, at times, making it hard to catch them in the act. Tenders to construct roads become difficult to secure when a person doesn’t have money to give to the officers in charge. In a corrupt government system, rich people are the ones who run and own things, making them more vibrant. In a corrupt country, big jobs are for rich people because they have money to buy their way to their positions (Fukuyama & Francis, 2017). The country’s projects or agenda takes time to be implemented as the officials are too busy making extra money. In a corrupt state, business is hard to run an official takes a lot of money for no specific reason. The economy of a corrupt country is poor, thus weakening its currency in the capital market. Big companies and businesses belong to governors, senators or families, thus establishing a monopoly market for some commodities.
Incompetence
Most offices have people who are not adequately skilled, thus making it impossible to get the job done. Less experienced leaders make government projects always to have problems thus wasting a lot of time and money of taxpayers. Sensitive matters like the military need a person who organizes them properly and helps in drafting a good strategy when going to war. If a leader is not up to the game, he gets army members killed, which is a loss to the country. Leaders who fail to perform their job correctly lose the respect of junior staff and may finally get sucked. A department with lazy workers shows that top management is poorly run. Some leaders, despite failing to perform their tasks, remain in office as they are family to the employer. Citizens, at times, take time to get justice in court, and it brings a lot of pain and stress to them. Police officials take time to deal with terrorizing criminals in the streets and at home. Paperwork in offices takes a long time to file and also to fill the data in the systems. Roads get constructed, but after a short period, they start to get potholes especially in rainy seasons. Big bridges collapse as they get built with substandard materials, leading to the loss of life of innocent adults and children. When governors and senators don’t do their job correctly, they bring down a country’s economy.
Selfishness
Leaders who are selfish only think of themselves, leaving out citizens who vote them into power. Greedy leaders have a lot of pride and those careless if innocent citizens get hurt or not. Leaders at times ordered were dropping of bombs on innocent civilians to neutralize one threat, thus making a name for themselves. For example, during World War two, United States presidents dropped the atomic bomb on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, killing innocent men, women, and children. The president ordered the bombing as the Japanese refused to surrender to the United States demands. The explosion also caused a lot of soldiers to die due to exposure to ionizing radiation rays. The president doesn’t care about soldier’s well-being despite devoting their lives to serving their country. The president drops bombs without the consideration that women and children will get, and he is not even worried about it. President focuses on what he wants without also obtaining consent from the Congress. Currently, President Donald Trump of the United States of America orders the deportation of foreigners in the country. The president doesn’t care if they come from a country in a war state or if they have business in the country.
The president wants to the full fill his desires and make a legacy for himself. Selfish leaders hire their friends and family members to occupy a vacant position, not giving a thought about their level of qualification. Leaders, at times, pin a fall on somebody else, which leads to innocent people rotting in prison. Leaders allocate themselves huge salaries, straining the tax payer’s pockets. Prestigious cars, businesses, and homes belong to self-centered leaders, leaving citizens to suffer and die poor. (Fukuyama & Francis, 2017)
Conclusion
Selfishness, corruption, and incompetence make a country always run behind while others are making progress. The stability of a government determines the state of the economy, as they are the ones to draft laws and regulations. For a country’s affairs to run smoothly, good leaders have to come into play as they make sound decisions for a country’s agenda proceedings. Bad governance leads to the loss of many lives, thus making people always grieve. A country that is corrupt excludes bright people from securing job positions in government offices, thus missing a chance to create new ideas. Bright personnel migrate to other countries where they can acquire jobs easily, thus their skills contributing positively to a foreign country. Citizens, before voting for a leader, should evaluate him to ensure they hand over power to a reasonable person who cares about their welfare. Citizens should also demonstrate, so that evil leaders get impeached from their position and thus bring a proper flow of affairs. Intelligence officials should always keep an eye on leaders to ensure corrupt ones get the punishment they deserve by law. Transfers of leaders to other departments should be a regular thing to ensure they do not relax in their jobs. Incompetent officials should be removed from office with immediate effect; thus, providing taxpayers with money is not a waste.
Works Cited
Fukuyama, Francis. State building: Governance and world order in the 21st century. Profile Books, 2017.
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