Men form parties to put forward candidates for election. If successful these men and their parties are given the authority to represent the people and execute the laws. They are trusted not to break those laws themselves.

But once in office, men tend to become arrogant, to abuse the executive authority given them in order to perform their public responsibilities. The longer they are in office, the greater is the temptation to do so. Once their betrayal of the public trust becomes known, then justice demands that they be removed from office, and punished for their betrayal. If this is not done, the goverment becomes a farcical one, detrimental to the soul, a poison to the spirit.

For the successful candidates and their party, a crime is still a crime. Theft is still theft. Murder is still murder. When the people see that the trust has been misplaced, that the men who represent them are acting in a criminal manner, there is an outcry for reform. There must be an avenue of redress.

In the world today, removal from office often requires parliamentary procedure. A vote of confidence may be required. A new election may be called for. In the absence of an established procedure for removal, the public indignation and frustration exhibits itself in many ways.

The criminals in office naturally view the discovery of their perfidy with alarm. They will use any and every means of denial and concealment. Typically they will attack the accusers. They exhibit neither humility nor remorse. On the contrary, every possible act of cruelty will be used to avoid the consequences of their acts.

Those who act against betrayal of public trust will themselves be accused. Strange and unknown laws are brought from the dusty archives of the law to incarcerate them. They will themselves be branded traitors. Their acts will be given strange names, such as sedition, and their freedom of action will be taken away.

The public, noticing this, will be faced with a choice. Either they will abandon attempts to correct a corrupt situation, or they will resolutely resist. Courage is called for. There must be depth of manpower. For everyone arrested there must be three who will step forward to replace. The abuse of the police power must be met with concerted action.

At stake is not only personal freedom. The very ethical fabric of society is at risk. Looking about the world today one finds instance after instance in which a dictatorial leadership has unlawfully established itself. The UN cannot establish and maintain basic freedoms for people who are not willing to exert themselves to protect and maintain their liberty. The people must have the will to have and keep a government that honestly and truthfully represents them.

The people must not passively accept a dictator. Dictators do not respect docility. They will do all they can to suppress attempts to remove them. They will especially use the police and the courts. In desperate situations they will create false unrest in order to justify calling for military action against civilians.

People do not always get the government they deserve. A good government can become sour in place. A bad government is difficult to remove, once fortified by corrupt institutions. There is no reason a people cannot strive for removal of rotten representatives. The times call for devotion to one's principles, one's basic sense of right and wrong. Trust your heart.

A Muslim seeks to know Allah's will. Allah tells a Muslim to do good and fight evil. If the evil is a corrupt goverment, a corrupt party, and corrupt institutions, that provides sufficient exercise for the day.

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