An historical constant: "Laws can be used to punish corrupt civil servants, but for highranking government officials in charge of administrative affairs, you've got to use the ballot box," Po Yang says. Modern society is democratic. Since demand to root out corruption rose from the people, if this demand is to become reality, one has got to rely on the electorate.
「事務官貪瀆，可用法律制裁；政務官貪瀆，就要用選票制裁」，柏楊指出，現代社會是民主社會，「反貪汙訴求」既是應民意而起，要想讓「訴求」成為「事實」，還是要取決於選民。