Natural leadership is the best

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9(5 the years, I have grown wise enough to learn, know and understand that the way things are in nature is the best way that they should be, could ever be and must be. We have all seen many people trying to change the way things are in nature, but always with disastrous consequences. )or e[ample, some people have tried to change or improve the way they were naturally created by changing their looks, the shape of their noses, the shape and si]e of their lips, the si]e of their breasts and bums and so on and so forth, through cosmetic plastic surgery. 6uch people have only celebrated very short-term rewards, because eventually they have always ended up suffering one horrific tragedy after the other when everything spectacularly fell apart sooner or later! $s they aged or through surgical failures or accidents, such people have always ended up looking worse than they looked before the cosmetic plastic surgery.

INCOMPREHENSIBLY

$ few unfortunate ones have even met their deaths through such misguided surgery. Incomprehensibly, we still have more people lining up for cosmetic plastic surgery year after year! If we as human beings are supposedly the most intelligent animals on this planet as we want to believe, why can we not just learn, know and understand the fact that the natural way things are is the best way that they should be, could ever be, and must be? Why do we always seek to change or improve on nature when we know that it is a given that we can never have the ingenuity which nature has in the first place? This is the million dollar question in all spheres of our lives, good people! )or e[ample, we have this contentious issue of democracy and leadership. 0any people are now sold out to the idea that any type of leadership must be democratic leadership. %y this they mean that any leadership must be leadership which is of the people, by the people, for the people. This means that any leadership must be from within the led people themselves of the people , put into place by the led people themselves by the people and must lead in the best interests of the led people for the people . %ut the big questions is that is this the only way by which a democratic leadership can be achieved? Is this the only route to democracy? Can we not have a true democracy even whereby the leader is not put into place by the led people themselves but by natural forces or forces of nature? Can naturally installed leaders not lead in a democratic way by e[ercising leadership in the best interests of the led people? Who says that only those leaders who were put into place by the led people themselves, and not by nature, can lead in the best interests of the led people? In the wild, do all those social animals like elephants, lions, baboons, bees and others democratically install their own natural leaders like mother elephants, head lions, father baboons, and queen bees, and so on and so forth?

INSTALLATION

'on¶t they have their natural leaders installed by the forces of nature, and yet these leaders still lead in the best interests of the herd of elephants for e[ample, or of the pride of lions, troop of baboons, swarm of bees, and so forth and so on? Think deeply about this, good people!

Today, everyone seems to think that they can be and should be a leader. Is this true or correct? Can just about anybody be a leader? Can a child be a leader of a family in the presence of the father, mother and other older siblings? Is that the way it is in nature that a child can also be the leader of the family in the presence of one or both parents, or also in the presence of elder siblings no matter how more successful than every other family member that child may be in life? 2bviously this is not the way it is in nature, hence no one will ever say that any child can be a family leader just because that child is more successful than everyone else in the family. )amily leadership is not up for grabs. It is not up for election or arbitrary decision. It has never been, and never will be because it has always been and will always be a naturally bestowed phenomenon. %ut then if we can know, see, understand and accept the fact that any child cannot just appoint themselves to be the leader of the family, or aspire to be the leader of the family in the presence of one or both parents, or in the presence of elder siblings, why is it then so difficult for us to apply the very same rationale, logic, principle and common sense to all natural leadership situations? *ood question, right?

Taking this argument a bit further and higher up the ladder, did you know that once upon a time, all human communities and societies everywhere in this world were once all led by naturally installed leadership instead of elected leadership? These were your village heads, chiefs, emperors, kings and queens. $nd did you know that such natural leadership was, give or take, and by and large, more democratic than most of our current elected leadership which replaced it? Here is how natural leadership is actually more democratic than elected leadership. Imagine if in a family set up, family leadership was periodically up for grabs through an elective process! What would and could actually happened under such an admittedly abnormal and absurd situation? )irstly, every one of the family members would want to be elected into the family leadership position and would jostle for that powerful position at all costs in a man for himself and *od for us all kind of scenario. This would immediately lead to the destruction of intra-family unity, oneness, togetherness, shared visions and values, family cohesion and solidarity. (veryone in the family would now be looking after their own individual interests. This would lead to the destruction of the natural family hierarchy as we know it. It would also lead to the abandonment of equitable distribution of family benefits, duties, obligations and responsibilities. 3arents would no longer be obliged to look after

and damaging contribution in general, on the functioning of many 6tate institutions, and in particular on the administration of justice. This most insidious, and damaging vice decreases the trust of the public in many countries¶ justice systems and, it specifically weakens the capability of judicial systems to guarantee the protection of the fundamental human rights, as may be enshrined in a country¶s Constitution. It can also compromise the performance or work of legal professionals, which includes lawyers, judges, et cetera.

INTEGRITY

The Judiciary needs to be impartial, be free from corruption, and that its members act with integrity. It must also do its work independently, promoting, and protecting the adherence to the rule of law. It also has a crucial role to play in promoting, and protecting human rights. $rticle of the 8nited Nations 8N Convention against Corruption in summary, states; “In order to fight corruption, each 6tate 3arty shall promote, inter alia, integrity, honesty and responsibility among its public officials, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal system.”

What are some of the consequences of a corrupt Judiciary? $ccording to Chair of Transparency International, Huguette /abelle “Judicial corruption means the voice of the innocent goes unheard. (qual treatment before the law is a pillar of democratic societies. their own children, while the children themselves would not have to help each other in any way whatsoever, since they would now be constantly in competition with each other for the family leadership position and also for everything else in the family set up. There would be totally no respect between and among family members at all.

LEADERSHIP

(ventually, there would also be no family left to talk about! This hypothetical e[ample illustrates the importance of natural leadership. Natural leadership tends to create more cohesive communities which are united by such things as common origins, language, ethnicity, values, visions, tradition and culture among other things. In the presence of natural leadership such as that of chiefs, kings and queens, everyone knows their place in the community and also in the social hierarchy.

There is no need for unnecessary and counter-productive competition for anything among community members. Children would just want to be children and let parents be parents and play their parental roles without any hindrance at all. 2n the other hand, parents would also just want to be parents and would let children be children and enjoy the benefits and privileges of being children without imposing on them any roles which may be bigger than what they can handle as children. The whole community would also want to let its community leaders lead the community without any hindrance at all and also without any unnecessary fights for leadership positions. Hence, the community would spend most of its time, energy and resources on community growth and developmental issues rather than on fighting for leadership positions. Natural leaders would have less tendency to be corrupt or to pilfer public funds because they don¶t have to buy votes to ascend to power or retain leadership positions. Neither would there be any danger of

When courts are corrupted by greed or political e[pediency, the scales of justice are tipped, and ordinary people suffer. Judicial corruption means the voice of the innocent goes unheard, while the guilty act with impunity. It goes on to point out that, quote “When courts are corrupt, ordinary people suffer. Judicial corruption usually falls into two categories 3olitical interference in the judicial process by the legislative or e[ecutive branch, and bribery.

The importance of an independent judiciary cannot be overemphasised. (veryone loses when justice is corrupted, in particular the poor, who are forced to pay bribes they cannot afford..” - unquote. What about investor confidence on the rule of law? It is said that generally, rule of law improvements, µinspire or contribute to a country¶s economical growth by attracting investors who value the safety, security and protection offered by transparent, just and ethical governments.¶ It is very saddening to note that quite a small number of nations, globally, are able to attract long-term, stable global investment without improving rule of law policies. Coming closer home, some of us are deeply worried about cases where allegations questioning the integrity of the Judiciary continue to gain traction. 6ince some cases are sub judice, it is best to leave it at that...

2ne glaring and worrying issue which continues to give sleepless nights to some of us who still care deeply about losing leadership positions. *enerally, there would be love, peace, harmony, happiness, safety and security all round in our communities instead of jealousy, hatred, fighting, insecurity and mayhem. In fact, before people became as self-centred as they are today, before they decided to abandon the rule of nature or that of their natural leaders, there was this kind of social cohesion, solidarity, safety, security, love, peace, happiness, harmony and tranquillity all over the world. The confusion started when certain social groups or communities started invading and conquering other social groups or communities and taking them over. The end result was that the new amalgamated communities became more and more heterogeneous instead of being more and more homogenous as they originally were.

COMMUNITIES

$s communities became more and more heterogeneous, the things which used to bind communities together like shared identities, history, origins, language, visions, values, tradition and culture were lost. This also resulted in the loss of social safety, social solidarity and cohesion. Communities became highly divided. There was no societal oneness or unity any more. Consequently, there was no rallying behind one community leader. There was so much back-biting and back stabbing that most natural leader were stabbed to death and disappeared, only to be replaced by elected leaders with both limited terms of office, and also limited commitment to the communities which they led. Instead of being bound by common history, visions and values, community members became more and more individualist in both their attitude and approach to dealing with leadership and other community issues. $nd this is e[actly where we are right now! 2ur community political leadership today is so much riddled with hatred, violence, fraud, corruption, pretentiousness and also sorts of chicanery that we are no longer recognisable from our original purity of heart, mind and intentions as *od made us. We are now very different animals altogether. Hence I want to suggest that perhaps natural leadership is the best, after all!

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the importance of the rule of law, is the apparent lawlessness emanating from both sides of the political divide which is so prevalent, lately in the country.

$s writers, we have relentlessly cautioned our government about the lack of adherence to the rule of law, especially by law enforcement agencies. Investors are very choosy about where to invest their money.

They are very strict about how safe, protected, and secure their investments would be in countries they want to invest in. They cannot risk investing their funds in countries where security agencies are law unto themselves, randomly, harass, brutalise, kidnap, torture, and beat citi]ens to a pulp for merely e[ercising many of their Constitutional rights. $s a country, it is vital that we clean up our dented, international image, by calling to order the prevalent posture of aggressiveness that is incessantly adopted by security forces. It is not very encouraging for our government to lack the political will to get to the bottom of the root causes of army, and police brutality - and permanently eradicate it. We have a Constitution in place since the year , but its provisions in protecting issues of the rule of law, the independence of the three arms of government, protection of fundamental human rights are more often than not, under uncomfortable scrutiny.

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