There will never be agreement on all of the elements of reform. There can be immediate agreement on at least one; there must be transparent accountability to meaningful standards of conduct and competence for politicians and public servants, within their public service.
Every position in politics and public service must have clear and unequivocal standards of conduct and competence. Standards high enough to protect the public interests.
There must be accountability to those standards by means of an impartial system that is powerful enough to hold even the most powerful, accountable, even against their will.
To the extent that government is not transparent,
it is not under the control of those whose power it is, and
whose resources they are.
We have lost control over our government.
The first step in gaining control, is to gaining ready access to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
The power and the resources belong fundamentally to the people. They truth about how they are being spent belongs to the people; all of it. Every aspect of government must be completely transparent, limited only by the spirit of the law.
We must establish control over our government.
It begins with access to the truth.
When the question is;
Are you willing to tell the truth, the whole truth,any answer except yes, means no.
and nothing but the truth?
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