Since 2006, many governmental documents and contracts have been leaked to the public after being kept hidden. This happened because of WikiLeaks, a site that  leaks government information and reveals a darker picture of it.

Many people side with WikiLeaks as it is a necessity to reveal information that the public need to know about. While others believe that governmental issues should be kept as a secret. Both sides advocate for the citizens’ interest and their own good, and this can be reached if some rules and regulations are changed that both the government and the public can abide by.

WikiLeaks supporters believe that it is of great importance that the government remains transparent as the public deserves to know the truth of their country, no matter how bitter ad dark it may be. As an examples, we cannot expect citizens to elect presidents if no further information is provided about them , therefore WikiLeaks is the only tool that awakens the public eye with shocking facts, with the aim to prevent them from making irrevocable decisions when electing . However, others refute the idea that the governmental issues are to be shared; as it will expose the countries to danger. Sharing the government’s decisions specifically threatens military operations , therefore the whole country  , thus the public’s safety is being at risk. The example of this is very alive with the emerging of many wars and disputes with WikiLeaks being the major cause of them.

Despite the conflicted opinions between people who want to ban WikiLeaks in order to protect the governmental  issues, and others who support the existing of it as it helps to reveal the dark truth of the country ,there is always similar compelling goals that both sides aim to achieve. The first goal lies in finding the citizen’s own good nd interest, because both sides know that after all the public is the one who’s either benfiting or being harmed by any decision that will be taken.  As for their second goal, they aim to shield the military operations and protect the national security of the countries.

There is no right opinion or wrong one. Both sides defend their point of views in a logical manner ,however  with the two sides sharing the same goals, it is very expected that they with concur with each other , and see eye to eye.

Nour Jabrane

S3 Department of English Studies

Chouaib Doukkali University – El Jadida