What is the benefit of summoning "owalos"? could it be a show of panic? or show of power or legitimacy?In theory, the inspector general is independent but in reality he is controlled by other government agencies including the “ruling class”. This “ruling class” should keep in mind that consent to be governed is conditional on the behaviour of government on the quality of institutions. They also ought to remember that electorate will provide consent if government provides some minimal set of services. In addition it must signal its honesty, competence, intention to provide for the welfare of citizens, or the procedural fairness of its institutions. It is common knowledge that the fairness of elections affects attitudes of citizens towards government directly relevant to their consent to be governed (the standard definition of legitimacy). Even in the context of an ongoing insurgency and an infamously ineffective government rife with corruption, workers unrest, enhancing electoral fairness increases measures of government legitimacy. From a policy perspective, the government should not use its institutions to intimidate its very own people, whether in opposition or not. They should reinforce the notion that domestic legitimacy, and therefore stability, can be enhanced by interventions which increase the fairness of elections and security apparatus just to mention two. Legitimacy plays a key role in political development, and should play an equally important role in economic development, since consent to be governed necessarily underlies the use of coercive force by government. The government’s option on the use of coercion is a necessary precondition of taxation and of protection of service provision or development programs including those administered by the nongovernmental organizations and international organizations.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:35:22 +0000
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