Friday, December 7, 2007

Do You Feel Political Corruption Will Rise?

According to a recent survey, half of the public expect political corruption to rise. Those surveyed believe politicians are becoming more corrupt. They also believe that no one is doing anything to stop it.

The lobby group Transparency International interviewed more than 60,000 people worldwide, including 1,000 in Ireland, and found widespread cynicism on standards in public office.

Almost half of Irish people surveyed (47%) think corruption will get worse during the next three years, up to 15 percentage points more than in 2005.


In order to curtail political corruption, the government need to enact laws with substantial seizure of assets from their ill gotten gains. How do you think the government should handle corrupt political officials?

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