Government corruption can be defined as political power used by government leaders for private gain and to maintain their power as a government official. Most of the times these corrupt politicians say they are accomplishing to the best of their abilities to catch criminals when, in reality, they commit the same multitude of crimes. They are able to maintain their power as a result of most people not voting due to thinking that they will not make a difference and because the politicians have under the table deals that ensure people vote for them. In order to stop this corruption voters must recognize that they can influence an election by participating in their democracy and not making private deals with corrupt officials. Democracy started
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The majority of Latin American countries have compulsory voting which constitutes not voting illegal however,even then not every eligible voter votes (Gilsinan, 2014). Failure to vote in these countries is punishable by a fine. However the fine is relatively insignificant leading people to believe that not voting is not that big of a deal. In Peru the fine is 20 soles or 6.19 US dollars (IDEA). To most people this is just a mere inconvenience. Constantly these laws are not even enforced so a part of the population of voters just flat out ignore them. In order to insure eligible voters vote is to for Latin America to enforce these laws even further and raise the fine to a larger considerable amount so that people are more inclined to participate in voting rather than deciding to not vote and pay a minute fine. Another issue is that most voters do not truly understand what they are voting for. In order to aid voters it would be beneficial to explain to them what exactly they are voting for such as when voting for parliament so it is not blinding …show more content…
Most Latin American countries’ president serve from four to six years in office (Georgetown). Meaning that if a corrupt president wins then they are going to stay in office for at least four years. Presidential terms in Latin America are set so that after the president’s term is over they can no longer run for president. In order to create a superior system it would be preferred to cut the term in half and allow them to be re-elected a single time. Afterwards a different president should be elected. This way the people can decide if they truly approve of the candidate they voted for and if not then they do not need to wait a long period of time in order to switch
The majority of Latin American countries have compulsory voting which constitutes not voting illegal however,even then not every eligible voter votes (Gilsinan, 2014). Failure to vote in these countries is punishable by a fine. However the fine is relatively insignificant leading people to believe that not voting is not that big of a deal. In Peru the fine is 20 soles or 6.19 US dollars (IDEA). To most people this is just a mere inconvenience. Constantly these laws are not even enforced so a part of the population of voters just flat out ignore them. In order to insure eligible voters vote is to for Latin America to enforce these laws even further and raise the fine to a larger considerable amount so that people are more inclined to participate in voting rather than deciding to not vote and pay a minute fine. Another issue is that most voters do not truly understand what they are voting for. In order to aid voters it would be beneficial to explain to them what exactly they are voting for such as when voting for parliament so it is not blinding …show more content…
Most Latin American countries’ president serve from four to six years in office (Georgetown). Meaning that if a corrupt president wins then they are going to stay in office for at least four years. Presidential terms in Latin America are set so that after the president’s term is over they can no longer run for president. In order to create a superior system it would be preferred to cut the term in half and allow them to be re-elected a single time. Afterwards a different president should be elected. This way the people can decide if they truly approve of the candidate they voted for and if not then they do not need to wait a long period of time in order to switch