Exactly what is a corrupt, depraved society?\uffa0 A corrupt, depraved society is one in which the people, en masse, have lost their moral sense.\uffa0 It is not one in which people sin.\uffa0 It is one in which people have lost their bias against sin.\uffa0 It is not one in which people commit adultery.\uffa0 It is one in which people condone and accept adultery.\uffa0 It is not one in which people commit immoral acts. It is one in which people accept and condone immorality.\uffa0 It is a loss of moral values, moral knowledge and moral sense.\uffa0 It is The Bahamas!<\/P>
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Former Zambian president, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, says corrupt leaders create a corrupt society. Clearly that is the problem in The Bahamas.<\/P>
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Politicians, because they occupy high positions in Bahamian society, are expected to have the highest levels of integrity and not corruption, remembering always that they are servants of the people. This concept is completely foreign to Bahamian politicians who have plundered the public purse and held down economic development in the nation for decades.<\/P>
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Leaders are supposed to be in the forefront in the fight against corruption by leading their people by example.\uffa0 The moral standing of any society is determined by the integrity and honesty of the leadership.<\/P>
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Integrity and honesty are virtually non-existent in Bahamian political parties, all of which lack any real ideological standing. Integrity and honesty are difficult to find in the Bahamas business community as well.<\/P>
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Political leaders are supposed to be guided by certain virtues that secure the economic interests and political influence of groups divided along the lines of class, race, ethnicity, gender, religion and other social\uffa0criteria. Leaders acting only to benefit themselves or a narrow portion of society, which in The Bahamas is the\uffa0predominant case, are considered corrupt.<\/P>
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No nation can achieve its development goals until it has ingrained integrity in its people. Corruption is a crime against an entire nation and virtually everyone involved in Bahamian politics, except for a select few, are guilty of blatant corruption.<\/P>
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No country can achieve either its vision as a genuine and open democratic state nor its developmental goals until it ingrains integrity in its people’s natural psyche, until tolerance for corruption is replaced by total rejection of the scourge.\uffa0 In the Bahamas, acceptance of corruption is growing at an alarming rate. There is no movement whatsoever to seriously address the problem as the population seems quite content with having corrupt polticians lead them further down the path of national destruction.<\/P>
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Unless political parties ascribe to the basic conditions of honesty, truthfulness, a commitment to democratic governance, a clear vision and are committed to transparency, it will be impossible to fight corruption in The Bahamas, no matter which political party is in power.<\/P>
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Political parties, in The Bahamas, are themselves perpetuators of corruption by virtue of their tolerance for unacceptable conduct.\uffa0 Both major parties accuse the other of corruption, yet neither party addresses the issue while in power, save for a cursory promise to “investigate” the matters at hand.\uffa0 Those investigations, like the Sea Hauler investigation and the Inagua investigation, go nowhere.<\/P>
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By virtue of their passivity or tolerance of what is clearly unacceptable behaviour, such as corruption, abuse of office and mis-allocation of public resources, political parties in The Bahamas are themselves the major players in perpetuating corruption, disparity of income, predjudice, poverty and poor living conditions for the majority of Bahamians. <\/P>
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In a civil society, guided by the rule of law, the issue of corruption and responsibility of public officers and their organisations should indeed take centre stage, as the negative impact of corruption on society is clearly devastating.\uffa0 The Bahamas must therefore refrain from identifying itself as a “civil society”, as the rule of law is either absent or perverted, and the social problems in the Bahamas are multiplying due to corruption in high places and poor governance.<\/P>
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The Bahamas is clearly in a state of moral and social decay as it is ravaged by crime, HIV\/AIDS and corruption.<\/P>
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What is a corrupt society?\uffa0 It is a society ruled by immoral, wicked men; criminals elected by the populace, supported by the populace, and shielded from punishment by their political allies. What is a corrupt society? The answer is… The Bahamas.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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