Yes to an extent the leadership is important to the society but the question is that, is it the society that makes the leaders or is it the leaders that makes the society? I think that it is the society that makes the leaders then it means the leadership is the function of how the society is and how it is constructed. Therefore, a corrupt society will most likely create leaders who are also corrupt, leaders who are selfish and only interested in personal gains and not working for the people.

Imagine where leaders will consider their businesses first before making and implementing policies, a policy that is not favourable to their business dies a natural death, the policy is aborted before it is born. Like if government wants to better the people life by providing infrastructure, instead of going straight to do that they would channel it through politician company who now milks of the people and provide inferior material that will end up shortlived so that their own business will exist without competition and unchallenged.

It is the kind of society that we live determine its leaders until the people stand up to it in revolution before things can start changing for better.