Institutional structures have a greater bearing on a country’s state than its leadership

Dear Editor,
 
I wish to refer to Mr. Baldeo Persaud’s letter titled ‘Africa suffers from poor leaders’ (SN, 5.5.08). Poor political leadership is not unique and exclusive to the African continent. Examples of poor leadership can be found in both the developed and “third” worlds; in fact, the apotheosis of this can be found in the most developed of them all.