Accusations
Some leaders hate the Press like plague. Majority of them also hate the mere mention of any arm of the Law Enforcement Authorities. Some fear talking about their private lives. Some can never write their auto-biographies for people to read. Why all these?
Some leaders fear the press not because they have any skeleton in their cupboards but because they are shy. They don't want to have anything to do with anyone - the press for that matter - who are never tired of asking questions.
Another category fear the press in particular because by the time many questions are asked about them in their private or official capacities, they may be implicated. And this might lead to further investigations that could bring them to the jaws of Law Enforcement Authorities.
One thing that many people fail to admit is that there's hardly anything like a private life in the real sense of it so long as we live as social beings and we all interact. Yet our interaction will bring to fore who we are - our character traits. Our character traits may bring us favour or disfavour, fame or disgrace. An American popular ex-President who was involved in extra-marital relationship in his private capacity lost his right to privacy when he held a public office. But for the fact that American society which expects so much from its leaders magnanimously forgave her President because he was considered a good leader, he would have been disgraced out of office.
The situation is even worse in our official capacities where we have as many admirers as we have those who for several reasons (envy, greed, failure to tolerate certain moral bankruptcies, sheer hatredness etc) hate to see eye-to-eye with us. It all the more bad for those who hold sensitive positions that involve being entrusted with their organisations' finances. If you manage direct cash or the purse of your organisation, only few people will believe that you may not be fraudulent after all. Majority will call you an outright thief, though they have nothing to substantiate it. The fact that you seem to be living well may even seem to support that view because they will not come to you to ask how you come about living well. As far as they are concerned, you must be stealing the company's money to live well. This is not to say that the temptations are not there for an average person to become corrupt but I still believe that though they are in the very minority, there are still people who have the grace and good conscience not to abuse the position of authority entrusted to them.
But the fear of being wrongly accused of fraud is keeping some otherwise honest persons away from venturing into positions of authority be it political or economic. They don't want to soil their names. So they remain at the background in everything they do! For this reason, their people are losing the benefits they ought to gain.
Don't know how much you dread being accused. But it should never be a basis for you not to do what you ought to do to benefit humanity. What is important is that your personal character matters. And people will talk about it even long after you are dead. What the writer believes is that nobody should be afraid of being accused. But everybody so accused must be prepared to defend themselves. It is when their allegations is proved to be true that you are disgraced! Not defending yourself may be construed to mean concurrence. We know of many past leaders today who ignore such defence. It is either because they are guilty as alleged or ... As far as accusations are concerned, 'silence may not be golden'. So when you are accused, be prepared to defend yourself. For you to do so successfully, please live right. When you make mistakes, people will recognise it as a mistake or carelessness. But when you are out-rightly fraudulent, it is equally glaring. Even when you are guilty, what people generally hate is to be non-challant about it. If you show remorse, people are ready to forgive you but don't keep them in suspense for too long before showing soberness. This principle is universal to everywhere we find ourselves: at home, in the worship centres, at work, etc.
Good morning.
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