• Sri Lanka has a parliament with some convicted criminals
• Should law-abiding citizens be ruled by convicted criminals is an ongoing debate

At a time when there are demands to send all 225 parliamentarians home we must reflect on Aristotle’s comment in ‘The Politics’ where he argues that ‘if it is inevitable that not all the citizens in a sound state are good, it is impossible for all to have the virtues of the good man, to be fit enough to rule others’.

Sri Lanka has a parliament with some convicted criminals, should law-abiding citizens be ruled by convicted criminals is an ongoing debate.

Read more on this subject in the story headlined ‘How far should you go to ensure election of ‘good MPs’?’ and appearing on page 7.