Life is a Journey: Live it (Part 115)

The other autobiography
At the top of society, I see an elected king as the personification of politics. Politics must have a human face, not an organisational structure like political parties have. People can relate to people more and better than to anonymous structures. They want to feel and witness that their concerns and dreams are taken seriously. Political parties are bodies of many people, in which only insiders know who plays which game with or against whom. When one person can clearly be seen, that person can be held responsible, and concerns can be directly addressed. Remember, such ideas already existed in ancient Greece; nothing new.

As this absolute Monarch gets elected once the current one has died or abdicated the throne, the citizens vote for a new candidate. The election campaign of this candiate will be costly for him by which it will be ensured only very qualified candidates will stand for election. Either they have a history of creating wealth or a historic standing by other forms of great achievements, that supporters will rush to their defence and support that no loser will sit on a throne. These monarchs will be guided by a council of seven wise men. They get elected by the voters who elect with their ballots governors of all states in the nation. The Council of the Wise oversee the performance of the king, and in case the king misuses his powers and steps out of the original framework for which he was elected, the Council of the Wise can immediately arrest the king, put him before the Constitutional Court, where he can defend himself. When judges side with the king, the king gets reinstated, and the Council of the Wise men will be dissolved, and their members will be voted for new ones again. The members of the Council of the Wise men can only be voted for once for a five-year term to avoid colliding with the king and form close ties, losing objectivity.

The king does not rule directly but uses the system of a Prime Minister with his cabinet to rule and manage daily work for him. He has an oversight role and determines the general line of politics. He dismisses the Prime Minister as he feels it is right to see a positive future for his people. The Prime Minister and his cabinet form a check and balance between the people of a nation and the king. They ensure transparency and accountability.

As people have their roots not in a nation but in their immediate environment, states will be formed to address local specifications. Each state has a governor who is voted into office by the people when they cast their votes every five years for the Council of the Wise. These governors are the managers of local affairs and the voices of their people on a national level. On a national level, they are part of the Council of Governors that advises the Prime Minister and the King on what the states require and want to work on, asking for their support. The Council of Experts sits alongside the Council of Governors, as many issues in modern societies are enormously complex; only experts can advise political leaders on them. Every five years, they are sent into this advisory board by the king, the Prime Minister and the Governors, with only one term possible, helping to find the best policies for each matter of society.

The Constitutional Court, Criminal Court, High Courts, and so on are independent, as in any form of democracy. But...as we have seen earlier, the modern society holds the players to account. A complicated yet manageable point system ensures the independence of the judiciary, yet the implementation of quality criterias. In a globalised world in which every corner of our life is measured by standards and the set criterias even in politics, politicians underperforming get voted out of office or impeached. The only sector we allow as societies not to be questioned by criterias of qualification is the justice system. That is unacceptable and must change. A point system ensures the anonymity of the cases judged, while under determined criteria, the performance of the independent judge can be determined. Underperforming judges will be dismissed and have to leave the justice system to pave the way for qualified judges to take their seats.

I know this suggestion is not a golden spoon we like to use to eat from the cake of life...“

Susanne Fröhlich laughed and repeated: “The cake of life...what a great...and very unusual picture!“

Without feeling disturbed by her comment, I continued saying: “Humans are never perfect, which sometimes is the beauty of us...,“ I looked around, checking whether I had the attention of them all. I saw Hans Wilder on his tablet, seemingly distracted. I addressed my displeasure, and he responded that he would be multitasking, playing chess while listening to me. I used my two middle fingers and raised them to his face. He laughed at me, and so did the rest of the group. „Anyway, “I suppressed my anger and tried to pull myself together to finish my concept, “as humans are not perfect, this is not a perfect concept of modern-day governance. It is a puzzle made from pieces that come from the toolbox of history and address today`s challenges, especially the ones of Africa, compared to what we see around us, the best. I have the impression from my observation that, particularly, the youth seem to be tired of the democracy we live in. Increasingly, they only see the negative things in the democracies of our day. Time will tell what eventually will come out of their wishes, frustrations and modern-day innovation to overhaul our global political systems.“

„I guess...you have got a point,“ said Hans Wilder out of the blue and closed his tablet. He looked straight at me while the rest of the group were quite. They looked at him. „We need new ideas...as we are tired of what is not working for us, not to mention our future. As you said earlier...something none of our politicians understands...we face an Africa which is empty. All minerals are exploited and made into products above the surface of the earth and not underneath. An explosion of African populations, climate change increases food prices, and feeding the many becomes a general concern. We, the young generation, have to work for longer than you, living for longer...who should pay, as we have not enough children... baby boomers like you in pension and live a healthy life for as long as they have once worked instead of dying ten or fifteen years after going into pension. I mean...our politicians want to sugarcoat our future, while we are not as stupid as they think that we are.