Public Trust and Parliaments

Abstract

Trust of citizens in institutions is a central requirement for working democracies. This is even more relevant if we think about trust in parliament that is the main representation body within the political institutions. Not only the Parliament as an institution as well as the MPs, as individual representatives, have extra responsibilities in the connection between themselves and the citizens they represent, thus, they should not only be responsible for ethical and transparent behaviours, as they should, without any doubt, be above any corruption suspicious or other questions regarding non-ethical behavior. The latter is particularly relevant because of trust issues between voters and representants what when not respected may question the entire democratic system.

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