Primary duties of every government

[Bigjoe33]

Go to My library in your country or go online and find out the duties of your government to you, the government are elected to serve you and they owe you some constitutional duties and those duties are not to be kept secretly.
I think provision of social amenities is a primary duty compared to provision of opportunities.

The reason why government deviate from their primary duties is incompetency, corruption.

Haven know all these things by citizens, yet, they sit quiet and suffer from there incompetence and corrupt mindedness of our leaders.

Here is the bigger question... Why are citizens seating quiet and doing nothing even when they know that there leaders are corrupt and is not doing anything in ensuring that there basic tights are met? Why are they not campaigning against the bad government? Why aren't they clamouring for impeachment? Why have they not matched to there presidential villa and give the government an ultimatum to make things right or leave office?

There are few major concerns that should always be addressed from citizens that there governmental bodies are not leaving up to expectations. Well, maybe, they are afraid of there lives or they don't just want troubles.

[AgriTrack]

From our country's perspective, the main job of the government is to loot the country's resources. Our current government is a living proof of this. Since the current government came to power, the prices of all essential commodities in our country have increased many times. But before they came to power, they promised to make the country free from corruption. But instead of doing so, they are now busy lining their own pockets. Few days ago, a bridge was built in our country and that bridge was built with bamboo instead of rebar. So you understand how responsible the government is in our country. Theft and robbery are a daily occurrence. I think this is not only in our country, but it exists in almost all third world countries.

People have a lot of anger buried in their behavior according to the government's policies right now. Their frustration is justified because when they're facing rising inflation, mainly fuel prices, and have weaker laws and politics, they decide to lead a protest against the government. Corruption is an issue in most countries, but its level varies from country to country which country with a lower rate of corruption, they have more progress, and vice versa.

Your example of Bamboo's bridge really fits in with the poor management and enforcement of the government. So, if we approve the budget for a bridge based on the latest technology but in reality, we build a bamboo bridge, then we put thousands of lives at risk, that's the same thing our leaders do. They get the budget for any project and give a minor part to the contractor and the rest of the money goes to their black accounts and in case of any accident, contractors are held accountable for the inquiries, but the actual criminals are not identified. These are an examples of poor and mismanagement.

[letteredhub]

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Haven know all these things by citizens, yet, they sit quiet and suffer from there incompetence and corrupt mindedness of our leaders.

What would you have the people do when they have being made to not complain when they're being suppressed and deprived of their privileges as citizens of a country. The government/politicians has cornered all the institutions that should have advocated as strong voice for the common people, they have the law enforcement agencies, the judiciary now serves their interests and have made peaceful protests a crime. Any voice that dares to speak is gagged and you could even disappear with no traces and nobody asks what happens because it won't even be heard.
I think people have grown tired of everything and just have chosen to live their daily lives in peace because nothing really works for a change to happen as expected.

[changaa]

People have a lot of anger buried in their behavior according to the government's policies right now. Their frustration is justified because when they're facing rising inflation, mainly fuel prices, and have weaker laws and politics, they decide to lead a protest against the government. Corruption is an issue in most countries, but its level varies from country to country which country with a lower rate of corruption, they have more progress, and vice versa.

Your example of Bamboo's bridge really fits in with the poor management and enforcement of the government. So, if we approve the budget for a bridge based on the latest technology but in reality, we build a bamboo bridge, then we put thousands of lives at risk, that's the same thing our leaders do. They get the budget for any project and give a minor part to the contractor and the rest of the money goes to their black accounts and in case of any accident, contractors are held accountable for the inquiries, but the actual criminals are not identified. These are an examples of poor and mismanagement.

this is true, but we must never forget to have hope in the future and try to do well in order to recover, this pessimism has never done anyone any good and if everyone thinks well in the end something good will come out, regarding corruption i don't feel like saying that Italy is less than other countries, if it wasn't there we would most likely have an advantage over the others.

[Ab de villiers]

The primary objective of a government is to work for the welfare and betterment of the public however instead of addressing the people issues the government appears to be prioritizing competition with others seemingly unconcerned about whether or not the public is receiving essential amenities.The public is not to blame for this situation yet they face immense hardship due to the lack of quality education adequate healthcare facilities and proper roads.Even more critical than these issues is the problem of inflation compounded by rising petrol prices which has left citizens wondering how they will manage to live the rest of their livesespecially given that there appear to be no prospects of the government curbing inflation.The government ought to focus on the country needs rather than abandoning the people to their plight.

When i was student i used to read in my books about the role of the government. There long list of government responsibilities were published and i thought same as you, that how much our government work for the public welfare. But now i realize that it was just bookish knowledge, actually government doen not  not functioning like we think.

Corruption is the major issue that seems to difficult to handle. Almost major part of the budget they divide among their partners or remaining they invest for the public welfare. In this situation not all people get equal rights or opportunities. The saddest thing is that public who always pay taxes but they have to suffer even for the basic requirements . For me government is successful only when an ordinary man get all their basic rights.

[Abdulzuruku01]

From our country's perspective, the main job of the government is to loot the country's resources. Our current government is a living proof of this. Since the current government came to power, the prices of all essential commodities in our country have increased many times. But before they came to power, they promised to make the country free from corruption.

Government is suppose to care about the well-being of the citizens, but in countries that have corrupt leaders, their leaders only care about the well-being of themselves, and they don’t even care about how the citizens are leaving. They only care about themselves, they want to enrich themselves, they use money which is suppose to be used for public service for  their own personal use, which is the reason why people from countries like that are always struggling to survive.

That is absolutely correct we can keep telling the truth about the bad actions of corrupt leaders in government today. They are always protecting their seats from being attacked by the opposition, supposedly government should make life easy for their citizens, but they have abandoned some of their primary responsibilities to the citizens. In some nations a huge minimum wage did not solve anything because high inflation still increases the poverty rate in the country. Even if you are a salary earner the high prices of some basic needs will consume it. In my country we are one of the biggest crude oil producers in the world, but fuel prices keep increasing and it's not only fuel the government does nothing about price control for but many basic things in the country.

[Mr Reporter]

From our country's perspective, the main job of the government is to loot the country's resources. Our current government is a living proof of this. Since the current government came to power, the prices of all essential commodities in our country have increased many times. But before they came to power, they promised to make the country free from corruption. But instead of doing so, they are now busy lining their own pockets. Few days ago, a bridge was built in our country and that bridge was built with bamboo instead of rebar. So you understand how responsible the government is in our country. Theft and robbery are a daily occurrence. I think this is not only in our country, but it exists in almost all third world countries.

Your point is valid one of the biggest still remains accountability, let look at this from that angle not only corruption it self, but the lack of proper oversight or transparency from the government is a big problem like we don’t have rights to know what going on up there, and a bigger concern when you collect funds and make all kinds of sweet promises without funding the projects you promised to do, when public funds are misused or mismanaged we all have that same right to ask how the money was used….

The part where I get so annoyed is that when all are clearly seeing how funds are been allocated to different projects like roads and new hospitals, schools, other infrastructure which are not full filled it then creates so many reasons to suspicion and abuses from the public…

[DYOR+BTC]

From our country's perspective, the main job of the government is to loot the country's resources. Our current government is a living proof of this. Since the current government came to power, the prices of all essential commodities in our country have increased many times. But before they came to power, they promised to make the country free from corruption. But instead of doing so, they are now busy lining their own pockets. Few days ago, a bridge was built in our country and that bridge was built with bamboo instead of rebar. So you understand how responsible the government is in our country. Theft and robbery are a daily occurrence. I think this is not only in our country, but it exists in almost all third world countries.

Your point is valid one of the biggest still remains accountability, let look at this from that angle not only corruption it self, but the lack of proper oversight or transparency from the government is a big problem like we don’t have rights to know what going on up there, and a bigger concern when you collect funds and make all kinds of sweet promises without funding the projects you promised to do, when public funds are misused or mismanaged we all have that same right to ask how the money was used….

The part where I get so annoyed is that when all are clearly seeing how funds are been allocated to different projects like roads and new hospitals, schools, other infrastructure which are not full filled it then creates so many reasons to suspicion and abuses from the public…

If am to change anything about governments,  the lack of accountability and transparency is the first thing I will look at, how will the government of a country operate without openness to the people they are representing. Leaders go about doing everything as it pleases them without letting the citizens know how public funds are spent and can't even be held accountable if things goes wrong.
Its indeed a bad practice and needs to be changed as public funds won't be misused as they have been doing that is if we wish to have a nation with good qualities

[hafiztalha]

Literally, when people criticize the government, they actually don't have any knowledge of the responsibilities of the government and the current performance of the government. So the question is that if people don't know their rights and the government doesn't maintain transparency, then what happens to happen? I think the government should be responsible for some major responsibilities, like providing free education, healthcare, technology, and proper security of life. And the important thing is to maintain the rule of law in all sectors. In our country, the government promises many deals but doesn't implement even one sector completely, so in this case, people must know their legal rights and know the legal ways to resolve their issues.

The government is always accountable for how it uses public resources and is also punctual in providing evidence about its actions. But in our country, people are uneducated and there are no proper regulations, so among us, educated people should differentiate the diplomatic duties and responsibilities of government. So ordinary individuals actually know what they demand from the government.

You are putting too much responsibility on ordinary people. They should indeed know their rights and understand what government is actually responsible for doing for them. Government is accountable for so many thing and that accountability is not dependent on whether the citizens are highly educated or whether they understand the laws or not.

Basic public services access to information and transparency should be accessible to everyone. Free education, healthcare and technology are not actually free they are paid for through our taxes and public resources. Main question is whether government is using our money efficiently and whether people are actually getting the services they are paying for or not.

[ruykeri]

That is absolutely correct we can keep telling the truth about the bad actions of corrupt leaders in government today. They are always protecting their seats from being attacked by the opposition, supposedly government should make life easy for their citizens, but they have abandoned some of their primary responsibilities to the citizens. In some nations a huge minimum wage did not solve anything because high inflation still increases the poverty rate in the country. Even if you are a salary earner the high prices of some basic needs will consume it. In my country we are one of the biggest crude oil producers in the world, but fuel prices keep increasing and it's not only fuel the government does nothing about price control for but many basic things in the country.

The financial situation of the whole world is going worse . Especially the governments of poor countries are corrupt and due to lack of proper management, they cannot control the prices of daily necessities of the people . And although crude oil is extracted in our country, there is no adequate system to refine it. Even the ones that are there are not working in an effective way. As a result, our government had to give subsidies for refined oil, now maybe that subsidy has stopped since years ago . As a result, prices are increasing. Not only the price of oil, the value of our country's fiat currency is also decreasing day by day. Inflation cannot be controlled in any way. It is not really understood whether the government is actually doing for us good or is leading us towards uncertain financial insecurity day by day for their own benefit.

[Halifat]

That is absolutely correct we can keep telling the truth about the bad actions of corrupt leaders in government today. They are always protecting their seats from being attacked by the opposition, supposedly government should make life easy for their citizens, but they have abandoned some of their primary responsibilities to the citizens. In some nations a huge minimum wage did not solve anything because high inflation still increases the poverty rate in the country. Even if you are a salary earner the high prices of some basic needs will consume it. In my country we are one of the biggest crude oil producers in the world, but fuel prices keep increasing and it's not only fuel the government does nothing about price control for but many basic things in the country.

The primary duty of a government is to protect life and property of their citizens, this is based on my own observation there are many other things which need to be taken care of, but the most important one is life and properties. What really pains me the most with the government were having now is that the resources they are using belongs to the people, but they decided to hijack everything just to benefit themselves alone. It is not that they are using their own pocket money to take care of the people's need, it's absolutely so annoying to see how today's leaders are behaving. I don't know for other places but our government is not trying at all and we are seriously suffering in their hands.

[Muba20]

Government is expected to be in control of every affair that pertains to a particular country; the government, ahead, has the full responsibility for anything it is doing or that is happening to the masses they represent.

The political situation has become so unstable in the present time where the governments try to impose any policy they want on the common people instead of fulfilling their responsibilities. The common people do not have the power to say anything against the government, so the governments are becoming more and more reckless. Although there are some examples of government accountability in developed countries, nothing of that kind is seen in underdeveloped or developing countries. Due to which the country is in chaos.

I can definitely say that if the governments really work for their country or for the development of the common people, then they will definitely try to do what they expect, but the governments do not do that, but rather try to do the opposite. Moreover, the well-being of the common people is not desired in some regions, so it will not be possible to implement their political strategies.

If the government really tries for the development of a country, then it will definitely be able to do that, but if they are involved in corruption, then it will definitely not be possible for them to do that properly. They will try to mislead the public with false promises to facilitate their corruption. People do not want money from the government, they want assurance that their basic needs can be met. They want security for their assets. They want peace, but governments do not fulfill the expectations of the people, but fulfill their own purposes.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

If am to change anything about governments,  the lack of accountability and transparency is the first thing I will look at, how will the government of a country operate without openness to the people they are representing. Leaders go about doing everything as it pleases them without letting the citizens know how public funds are spent and can't even be held accountable if things goes wrong.
Its indeed a bad practice and needs to be changed as public funds won't be misused as they have been doing that is if we wish to have a nation with good qualities

There must be accountability and transparency. Everything must be made public to the citizens about where, how and for what purpose the money collected from the people is being spent. If the government has given a certain amount of budget for a development, then it must be ensured whether we, the common people, are getting development according to that budget, because it is in these areas that fraud and corruption take place step by step. The budget given by the government, in reality, nothing of that amount is obtained in terms of development, and this is a very common problem in most countries that must be avoided and solved. But in these areas, if the common people say anything against it, then those leaders forcefully and even through threats silence them, that is, people do not have freedom to speak. This kind of government must be changed, because with such a government, corruption will always exist and there will be no end to the suffering of the people, and therefore, whichever government is in power, transparency and accountability must be ensured in the use of public money.

[BADecker]

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[Charleslie]

I have come to understand that most government deviates from there constitutional duties as a government and goes at it pleases then without being questioned because the citizens at time do not know the primary purpose of government in every country, to start i will be pleased to outline some primary duties enshrined in the constitution.
Below are some of the primary purpose of every government. At first I will mention protection of lifes and properties of citizens,  Provision of employment opportunities and so on. All this and many I didn't mention are all duties recognised constitutionally which most governments choose to deviate from because of their own reasons.

A government should not be above the duties approved by law . When citizens understand the primary purpose of government, they are better equipped to question and ensure that those in power serve the people rather than act alone according to their own interests.

[HelliumZ]

All the voluntary and involuntary functions of a state are the work of a government. A government plays an important role in ensuring the security of the property of the citizens of a country and protecting the rights of the citizens.
The role that the government of a country plays to protect the fundamental rights of its citizens includes ensuring the provision of education. A government establishes various educational institutions for compulsory primary education and higher education. Constructs paved roads and bridges for the convenience of citizens. A government forms law enforcement agencies for the safety of citizens' lives and property and strengthens military power to protect the sovereignty of the country. A government establishes banks to keep the money of citizens safe. A government builds hospitals and playgrounds to provide convenience and health to citizens. Apart from this, the government of a country performs hundreds of important tasks for the convenience of citizens.

[Danjay567]

Primary duties of every government in every society is to protect the lives and properties of the citizens. The primary duties of every government are the mandatory functions of government to performs for the welfare and development of its citizens which can be maintenance of law and order, protection of live and properties, provision of social services, Economic management, provision of infrastructure, promotion of of citizens welfare

Every government are expected to provide security for the citizens to protect the lives and properties and also promote their welfare, also provide them with better infrastructure to enhance and boost the economic factor of the society, provide standard health facilities to give the citizens quality standard of living.