Government - National Failures in Party politics Return to the National Government list Delivering governance The issue of constituency The recent transformation of totalitarian regime party politics into a democratic system in Central Europe is largely a figment of the imagination. Around 50% of the politicians in Hungary, for example, are simply "list politicians". In other words they are provided with parliamentary seats automatically depending upon how the other 50% of the politians do during the election. As a result there is no real concept of constituency and a politician's allegiance is less to any electorate within a geographic constituency and more to his or her political party. Since in most countries the parties in power are remodelled totalitarian parties and, in many cases, with the same people involved, any resemblance to participatory and representative democracy is difficult to recognise, let alone hope for. Until all politicians become answerable to their local electorates this situation will not improve. At the moment party and party government gain more allegience of politicians than the legitimate demands of the people of the country. Within such a corrupt and tendentious political structure, minorities, like the Roma, cannot hope for any representation of their interests in Parliament. These politicians often see politics as the route to personal status and enrichment and the last thing on their minds is to do a decent day's work such as taking up real concerns of any person within their constituency, irrespective of the way they may have voted or their ethnic origin.