{"id":5238,"date":"2022-10-26T10:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penna.cydialogue.org\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:06:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:06:53","slug":"playing-the-game-by-its-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penna.cydialogue.org\/playing-the-game-by-its-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAYING THE GAME BY ITS RULES"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are power elites who complain but also \u201c<\/strong>play the game by its rules<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n The corruption report once again revealed that we are \u201crotten<\/strong>\u201d. ***<\/p>\n What really hurts is that those who say \u201cI gave a bribe so that my job gets done\u201d also vote for those they bribed. \u00a0<\/strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n I listened to the presentation of the Report on \u201c<\/strong>Corruption Perceptions in North Cyprus<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> yesterday prepared by academics \u00d6mer G\u00f6k\u00e7eku\u015f and Serta\u00e7 Sonan, supported by the Freidrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Cyprus. ***<\/p>\n It\u2019s more than just a \u201c<\/strong>perception<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> now… ***<\/p>\n We have all experienced and witnessed it together.<\/p>\n Whoever has been selling their soul…
\nActually, it\u2019s not only politics that is rotten!
\nMoreover, it\u2019s not right to generalize and say its \u201c<\/strong>politics<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong>…
\nWhat we have experienced over the past two years is obvious; the slaughtering of democracy, [party<\/em>] congress ploys, tender gangs, high-level administrators who are constantly replaced, partisanship, favouritism-based governance, decay weaved into <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>nationalist<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> sentiment, mediocrity and depravity…<\/strong>
\nWe need to differentiate between what is good and bad, what is beautiful and ugly, what is real and what is deception.<\/p>\n
\nThey say that the \u201c<\/strong>government is serving a number of power groups,<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> but they fail to reveal who those power elites are.
\nWe all know them…
\nThese circles, which sustain the \u201c<\/strong>status quo<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> appear before us in all forms!
\nAnd generally, they pretend to be \u201c<\/strong>against<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>it.<\/p>\n
\nAre you curious about where the northern part of Cyprus stands?
\nMauritania.<\/strong>
\nMyanmar.<\/strong>
\nPakistan.<\/strong>
\nIt stands among these countries…
\n140th<\/sup> amongst 180 countries…
\nThe \u201c<\/strong>perception of corruption<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> in Kenya, Angola, and Liberia is lower!
\nEven in Turkey!..<\/p>\n
\nThose who participated in the research are openly saying, \u201c<\/strong>I gave bribes to be granted or to secure leases of public land or buildings<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong>…
\nThose receiving the bribes are happy…
\nSo are those giving them!
\nIs it not the same when it comes to hiring people?
\nMost of those who make a racket later are those who were hired without vacancies, exams, competitions or equality.<\/p>\n
\nIs surrendering their morality…
\nAnd their names are involved in great scandals…
\nFirst and foremost!<\/p>\n