Thursday, March 31, 2011

Blog Prompts 8 - What are the qualities you look for in a potential MP/ Minister?

Personally, I feel that a potential MP/Minister should have:


  • Empathy
I'm pretty sure that anyone out there would know why a future leader of the nation would need empathy. What other reason is there than to empathize with the very people they serve? Notice my use of the word 'serve', not 'lead'. Personally, I believe in servant leadership, and that brings me to the next quality I would look for in a potential Mp/Minister:

  • Humility
As always, a leader must learn humility, as must everyone else. A leader must be able to accept that he/she does not know absolutely everything and must admit that everyone makes mistakes, including themselves. And of course, a future leader of the nation must have:

  • Experience
As a lot of people apparently think so from all the online 'slamming' I've seen against Tin Pei Ling, age is a crucial factor in choosing a candidate. I partially agree with that thought, but I would like to modify it to experience. So what if someone is young? I feel that it is not the age that counts, but the years of experience. An 80 year-old man might not have as much experience in politics and serving the people than a 30 year-old man. If age is a deciding factor in choosing a candidate, why not get a 1000 year-old man (who would have the unfortunate coincidence of being dead) to be our next Prime Minister? Of course, a dead person would be sorely lacking in the next quality and that is:

  • Drive
A leader must have the passion to succeed, the drive to bring the nation forward as one, then only can the country succeed. Without the same passion and drive, the country would not be able to grow and enter the global market. It would forever remain stagnant and in this competitive world, to remain stagnant is to be forgotten in the ruins of antiquity. And last but not least:



  • Integrity
As the famous saying saying goes 'power corrupts'. An MP/Minister should have the integrity to not fleece of money from the government's funding for his/her own purposes. For when the people finds out that the MP/Minister has been taking their money for selfish purposes, the Mp/Minister would instantly lose all the trust and rapport the people had with and in him/her and he/she would never be able to earn it back as long as he/she lives.


After all that explanation and stuff, I'm sure you know why those are the qualities I look for in a potential MP/Minister. If you have any thoughts or comments on this issue, or any other qualities you would like to see in a potential MP/Minister, just comment on this post but NO SLAMMING PLEASE!!! This is a neutral blog post that does not intend to cause any harm to anyone in this world at any point in time. So please respect that ideology.

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