Let’s talk about the role of government in modern human societies. According to the Constitutional Law, the government is considered the highest “collective” body, which exercises public administration in the State. He is the head of the main bodies through which the executive power is exercised. And consequently, the Prime Minister or President of the government is the CEO of this collective body. The citizens are the shareholders of the State, i.e. those who own the property and to whom the CEO and the Board of Directors (the Government) are (must be) accountable. In the same way that a CEO proposes to the meeting of shareholders the plan with which he will exercise the administration, in the same way a Prime Minister or President proposes to the citizens his government program. The methods and ways in which a CEO and the Board of Directors will implement this plan are determined by rules of ethics, law and corporate policy, which in business is not coincidentally called corporate governance. Thus in the administration of the state, there are specific methodologies and commitments for the implementation of policy, those of which ethics do not determine, the Constitution determines.
Perhaps these comparisons sound a bit technocratic to some and a bit narrow in scope. Perhaps some want the government to play a more romantic role, more intellectual and ideological. But unfortunately, the truth is that they want it badly.
Government, any government, normally has a very limited role, or at least it should.
The Prime Minister or President has authority over his government. He rules, administers, operates his government and not the country. The country is run by the activities of the citizens. A successful government manages to match the speed of the country’s operation with its government program. This is essentially self-evident and is clearly seen in the failures of a government. When e.g. the government sets economic goals, say to reduce the revenue deficit, but fails to achieve them. This of course happens because the measures he announced do not match the functioning of the country, which the government, as I said, does not control.
And he shouldn’t control her. Since a government is transitory and not permanent.
Government is just a servant—a temporary servant. It is not her job to define what is right and what is wrong and to decide who is a patriot and who is not. Her job is to obey orders, not give them. Mark Twain
The government does not exist to take the place of “rich uncle” or “our good friend” and cannot “make everything fair”. Government exists to protect the life, liberty and welfare of citizens, at all levels. To make sure that we do not fall prey to those who plot this triptych, whether at home or abroad. It exists to protect the liberties of citizens. The more her role expands, the more she moves away from this specific context, the more problematic she becomes.
A government’s primary duty is to protect citizens, not to run their lives. Ronald Reagan
Nowadays, as societies have moved away from this logic of governance, and the more they expect government to take on a wider role, and the more we “gift” it omnipotence and at the same time expect it to exercise power in a benevolent and benevolent way, the more we weave a web of failure and frustration. . Such simplistic depiction of the governing body is so naive that it becomes extremely dangerous. Because there are people in the government and they fatally promote interests. A different government visa would certainly be beneficial, but it would also require different social structures than the ones we experience today.
The Constitution exists precisely to limit the power of governments, delimiting the inviolable provisions that describe the citizen-authority relationship and that ensures citizens. That is why in most states, the Constitution has been established after social and popular struggles and not with the initial initiative of the rulers. That is why all Constitutions limit the power of the authorities and not the citizens. That is why when oligarchic systems of government take power, they abolish the Constitution (and not just some of its provisions).
Possibly this explains why the “democratic” European Union governs the citizens with a phantom Constitution, which the European peoples have never been asked to accept, approve, draw up or vote on. Thus the E.E. it can rule, in absentia and essentially against European citizens, obeying programs that benefit the oligarchic elites. As a result, there are large discrepancies between the will of the people and the actions of the Brussels Directorates. The same discrepancies are fatally observed in the local governments, which regardless of what they promise and regardless of what the citizens want, impose policies e.g. of illegal immigration, Islamophobia and submission to the American agent, against the will of their citizens. It all boils down to the naive mindset that an all-powerful government will exercise plush power.
Loyalty to the motherland, always. Loyalty to the government when it is deserved. Mark Twain
In the so-called “West” the belief prevails that the voice of the citizen is freely expressed and that we live in democratic countries. But is it so? We must clarify here that, for democracy to exist, there must be a basic parameter. A necessary condition is required for a polity, a polity system to be called democratic. And no! It’s not the elections, it’s not the equality, it’s not the majority or anything like that, they’ve been misleadingly put in our heads. The necessary ingredient of democracy is accountability. Whoever, whoever exercises power in the State, must be accountable – accountable to the owner of the country, to the citizen.
Now take a look back at what you have lived up to today and record how many times those in power in each country and in Europe in general have been held accountable for the thousands of scandals that are constantly being revealed and for governmental incompetence. It won’t take you long, since the answer is: never!
Every government is ruthless, because nothing is as ruthless as impunity. George Bernard So
So it is necessary to start from the basics:
- To review the role (and power) of each government.
- To escape from theoretical utopian meditations and to redefine the role of power.
- Then, we must redesign its operating frameworks as well as install mechanisms of control and substantial accountability.
Nothing less than the above, is not going to domesticate the efficiency, progress and accuracy of the State. Nothing less than the above will restore the prestige, security and prosperity of each country.
