A presentation at the Haus Stori to high school students from representatives of the various law and justice agencies: court officials, prison officers, policemen, probation officers and so on. Quite a line-up of heavies delivering some stern warnings: don't smoke pot (like that's the biggest issue here?), stick to your studies, honour your family. One of the speakers was the ombudsman who is supposed to keep the leaders in line and investigate allegations of corruption. In the job for two weeks she made the rookie error of asking for questions. 'What are you going to do about political corruption?', 'How can we stop our leaders building fancy houses and buying fancy cars?'. That last one came from the school principal.
The mood grew tense, but it is a very good question: what CAN she do? The answer in the short term is probably very little.
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