Research indicates that the electoral system is not perfect, it just reflects what the majority of voters want and who they want to represent them.
Conflicts of interest arise as members of the House of Congress and other prominent positions are perceived to take decisions not on behalf of the people they represent but in unexplained interests as reported by media globally.
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Transparency International (http://www.transparency.org/) is an independent international organization that reports on transparency matters.
Council of Europe has its own committee whose website is available at http://bit.ly/1neAl