It expresses a lack of faith in the prospects of a people, and enthrones the subversion of due process and procedure as the appropriate survival tactic. In a sense, the resilience of corruption is indicative of the crisis of citizenship, the absence of a sense of belongingness. The state is unable to command affection because it has not guaranteed a society that can be trusted to promote the well-being of its members. The absence of such loyalty has compromised the search for a new public morality that establishes new benchmarks of leadership supported by critical citizens. The state is unable to offer security.
Crime is a huge problem.
Armed robbery, assassinations and the traffic in children pose a severe challenge. But law enforcement is not keeping pace with the increasing sophistication and brutality of the criminal underworld. Indeed, the attitude of the police seems attuned to the denial of citizens' right rather than exerting the institutional might to facilitate and protect the enjoyment of these rights. The security of the citizen is assailed as much by the police as by criminals, hooligans and fraudsters. A review of the whole essence of policing recommends itself as a plank of the effort to restore the citizen and his needs to centrality.