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What happens when a government official refuses to declare his assets?
Across the world, most countries expect their top leaders to make public, information about their assets. When they don’t, or if the figures don’t seem to add up as it happened in both Argentina and Nigeria, this can lead to both public unrest and political instability. In Nigeria civil society callRead more
Across the world, most countries expect their top leaders to make public, information about their assets. When they don’t, or if the figures don’t seem to add up as it happened in both Argentina and Nigeria, this can lead to both public unrest and political instability. In Nigeria civil society called on the Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his assets in 2011. He declined to do so, despite the fact that the Nigerian constitution explicitly calls for all public officials to declare their assets within three months of taking office. In Argentina, the extraordinary 1150 per cent increase in the personal wealth of president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner since 2003 caused widespread comment because although she has declared her assets it is not clear where the increase came from. Politicians and civil servants hold substantial power over the allocation of resources in their countries and the citizens who elect them, and who in effect pay their salaries through their tax contributions. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which has been ratified by 166 countries, requires a legal framework for asset declarations of government officials. An asset declaration open to public scrutiny is a way for citizens to ensure leaders do not abuse their power for personal gain. Asset declarations are a means to anchor the issue of ethics and integrity in the political classes and should be part of all codes of conduct.
See lessWhy were there no black actors in LOTR and The Hobbit?
The lord of the rings was written a very long time ago by an English white man. In those times, there was so much more discrimination towards black people. This discrimination is reflected in the lack of representations of them in the media. The normal thing was for all the characters to be white anRead more
The lord of the rings was written a very long time ago by an English white man. In those times, there was so much more discrimination towards black people. This discrimination is reflected in the lack of representations of them in the media. The normal thing was for all the characters to be white and a white writer would probably not even think of adding black characters just for the sake of representation because that would have been abnormal, and there had been the chance it could accidentally have been attributed with political instances that the author himself might or might not have defended.
See lessThere were no black people in Europe (which is not entirely truth if you think about the Moors in Spain and many testimonies of groups of black people living here and there, but let’s say there was not) but we’re talking about fantasy. There were no elves, or hobbits, or orcs, and following this line of reasoning, the thought that a black character seems more unlikely than any of them is just illogical.