A true democracy needs to include a Bill of Rights protecting every single person. Without that a democracy can descend into anarchy. For example, the "majority" can vote to oppress the "minority". The majority cannot be allowed to "rule" in this case, in a true democracy. > --- Angelo D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Fred, > > I have just read your article on the Soccoro > Panchayat and Sorter's > comments. > > My thoughts on "democracy" for whatever it > is worth, are as follows: > Democracy has been defined as "government of the > people, for the people, and > by the people"........But in practise, is it really > so ? > > Take the first steps in the so=called > "democratic" > process.............the selection of > candidates..........Who does the > selection ? are the voters involved in the selection > ? NO > > Once the selection is done by the political > parties under influences > of various kinds, the voters are asked to vote for > candidates , whom they have > had no voice in selecting .....Is this the way it > should be done ? > > Do the voters have any say in refusing to elect > a person selected by > the "party" or whatever ? > > Why is the voter not given the right to reject > any or all of the > candidates ?........ A clause should be inserted to > determine the voters > right to accept or reject any or all of the > candidates who have been included > in the "list of candidates" > > At the final stage, the "candidate" is declared > "elected" if he or she has > the majority votes. > > Can it be said that the candidate has a > "majority" vote if he or she gets > 2 votes out of a population of eligible voters of 10 > ? Can the so - > called "elected" candidate be eligible to represent > a community having only > 20% of the votes when the rest of the population > have abstained indicating a > negative vote for him ? > > The criterion of "Majority" needs to be > defined..........It should be > majority of the population entitled and eligible to > vote. A person who does > does not get a "majority" vote should not be > declared elected ................. > > Angelo > > >
