Natural Law Party offers a three-point strategy to prevent the age-old problem of corruption in politics

Corruption in politics is an age-old problem for which no lasting solution has been found - despite many attempts. The democratic system of government was created to give power to the people and to root out corruption through legal checks and balances on government power. The practice in democracies of replacing officials every four to five years was designed to contain and control corruption and abuse of position.

However, recent world events have shown evidence of an increasing number of charges of corruption against leaders in many democratic countries, including Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, USA, Russia, Poland, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, and of course Britain. In some instances, such as Brazil and Italy, leaders who came to power as the champions of anti-corruption have themselves been charged with being involved with levels of corruption even more serious than those of their predecessors.

In Britain, as in any country, the people need to be protected from rulers who become corrupt. Nevertheless, it is not entirely fair for the people to blame their leaders, since in the seat of power political leaders are exposed to negative influences that are beyond their control, and at every moment they are open to temptation.

As recent events in Britain highlight, this intractable problem continues to undermine the system of government and weaken the whole society. However, there is now an effective means to bring an end to corruption. The Natural Law Party offers a three-fold strategy to eliminate the problem of corruption in government once and for all.

The three elements of our strategy to eliminate corruption are:

1. Strengthen the collective consciousness of the nation

Government is the innocent mirror of the nation. The quality of government and its leaders, is simply a reflection of the collective consciousness of all the people. If the collective consciousness is disintegrated and negative, and people are not behaving in accord with Natural Law, then problems and corruption will be an unavoidable phenomenon of government.

If, on the other hand, collective consciousness is positive, integrated, and coherent, then the government will not be influenced by any negativity.

If the people of any country wish to be protected from corruption in government, then they must create an integrated collective consciousness. Positivity and harmony should be so strong and dense in national consciousness that negative influences cannot penetrate it.

Every government should have this armour of protection, which can be easily provided if the government maintains a group of Yogic Flyers. This coherence-creating group will create a strong and harmonious national consciousness - an invincible national consciousness - so that no enemy can arise from either inside or outside the nation (see A Group for a Government).

2. Protection from unseen negative influences

Every leader, no matter how honourable and well-intentioned he may be, is subject to influences from the environment, extending to the entire universe.

Recent discoveries in human physiology by Tony Nader, MD, PhD, (see Health section) have revealed, that the structure and function of the various parts of the brain have an exact correlation to the structure and function of the planets and constellations as they are described in the Vedic Science of Maharishi Jyotish. As the planets and constellations move relative to the earth, different influences - both negative and positive - affect human life. Therefore, even if an individual enters political office with a good reputation and an unstained character, later on he may begin to behave inappropriately due to these unseen influences.

These negative influences originate at a distance and cannot be seen, but every government leader must be protected from them.

Maharishi's Vedic approach to administration, which is offered by the Natural Law Party, provides procedures to counteract these unseen negative influences that come from the far environment. This is an absolute measure to protect the sovereignty of a government and the dedication to duty of elected officials.

3. Auspicious entrances promote support of Natural Law

Another principle of Natural Law that will create a positive or negative influence on the performance of a government is the orientation of the entrances to government buildings and to the country itself.

The most ancient textbooks of Natural Law - Veda and the Vedic literature - state that a southern entrance to a country or building is inauspicious and interferes with the support of Natural Law, thus bringing negative and destructive influences to the country or to the inhabitants of the building.

If government offices or the residences of government leaders have their entrances to the south, this will create a negative influence on their thinking. In order to protect the government leaders from this influence, any southern entrance to government buildings should be closed. The Natural Law Party programmes are able to remove negative influences created by southern entrances to a nation.

It is a priority to deal with southern entrances in this way. In general, the application of all aspects of the Vedic Science of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, the science of architecture, design and planning in accord with Natural Law, to government facilities will ensure that they contribute only a positive, evolutionary influence on the thinking and decision-making of all those involved in government (see Housing and National Planning).

Conclusion: Prevention is the only solution to corruption

It is beyond the scope of law enforcement or independent government enquiries to contain all of the possible avenues of corruption in government. The only solution is to improve the system of administration, and make it invincible by adding the strategies of Natural Law described above to prevent the possibility of corruption ever arising.