I would be interested to know how they capture this statistical evidence.... what is it based upon I wonder? I noted the following
"Every year Transparency International a Berlin-based NGO devoted to fighting political corruption and spreading information about it, draws a corruption perception index showing the corruption level perceived by businessmen and political analysts in their own countries. "
OK, what if the perception within a specific country perpetuates falsehoods, self interest. denials, cover-ups etc, then how do you know that this "evidence" is reliable? It might well be in their business or political interests to keep this perception hidden, in which case these statistics from this organisation become meaningless! Difficult this. Why not ask the citizens, and then the numbers suffering at the hands of corrupt practice, the lack of accountability within the Banking sectors, the lack of consumer protection, the chaos that ensues from non regulation, etc can be truly identified?
The youth of today, the next generation who are going to suffer the consequences, are starting to express their concerns in this regard, but the generalised counter message goes out that they are “dreamers, or political extremists, or ignorant of the facts” etc. At what point does anyone listen to the underlying message that this corruption is doing great harm to the country let alone the citizens caught up in this? At what point do they draw upon the intellectual arguments and analysis concerning the crippling effects from corruption, and recognise with open mind, and by looking to other countries who have developed systems through fair regulation/controls, etc, that accountability and transparency is all in this scenario?
I would suggest the price for not striving for this is chaos and a downward spiral of more corruption and ensuing misery and hardship, as the realities of the knock on effects from corrupt practice, the demise of trust in the Government, the justice system, the real estate industry, the banking sector, etc, dawns on all those citizens who ironically are the majority. By becoming embroiled in this corruption, by turning a blind eye to the consequences, they themselves are failing the next generation, let alone solving the existing problems that ensue as a direct consequence.
One thing for sure, it is essential to counter the sense of pointlessness, resignation, the feeling that the problem is too great to overcome, by all effective means at citizens disposal if they are ever to establish a civilised independent system of justice that lies at the heart of this problem, a system that protects citizens and effectively challenges those who fall foul of the law by making them accountable.
In the case of Spain, this lack of justice is being tackled by organised, effective and trustworthy evidence gathering, such as the petitions that are emerging. Citizens have not only to believe in these mechanisms, but also be active in providing the factual evidence, and where necessary there has to be some form of outside effective EU intervention, if the justice system continues to fail.
A fair workable independent system of justice is the basis upon which we retain a civilised society, isn’t it? Without this in place corruption will thrive, and with it will come lack of trust and faith in the country, which is exactly the scenario we are witnessing sadly right now.
It's essential that all those affected need to provide evidence.
www.bankguaranteesinspain.com
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-spanish-property-roadshow-open-letter-to-davi.html