We need persons of principle more than amending our laws

Two events across the Atlantic this week highlighted the tremendous depths to which integrity, propriety and good faith have suffered in governance. In the history of democracy and the rule of law, two nations have been recognised as the leaders in respecting the letter of the law and its spirit.

On its part, the United Kingdom has so believed in the nobility of its leadership that it never deemed it necessary to have a written constitution. Instead, its constitutional rules and principles are based on various statutes, court decisions and conventions.