Jimyaja: Here is the reason.

Ah yes, the sacred oath-taking ceremony—where politicians suddenly remember God exists, right on schedule.
Somewhere along the way, thinking was outsourced and spirituality got franchised. The moment knowledge moved from questioning minds to those who could chant the loudest, “Dhamma” stopped being about understanding and became a subskription service—renewable through priests.
Why wrestle with ethics when you can just borrow it? Why seek truth when someone can declare it for you? If a priest says it, it must be divine—end of discussion. Critical thinking quietly exits the room.
And now, thousands of years later, the skript is perfected. Politicians don’t need to believe—they just need to perform. Stand near a priest, hold a sacred book, look appropriately humble… and voilà, instant morality upgrade.
Even leaders in the U.S. know the drill: hand on a holy book, cameras rolling. Faith becomes a prop, not a principle.
And Balen? Of course he can’t be the odd one out. Politics isn’t about swimming against the current—it’s about mastering the art of floating while looking like you’re leading the river.
Because in the end, it’s not survival of the most ethical.
It’s survival of the most convincingly pious (show off).