The implementation of all the clauses under democracy points out a very important question. To what extent should popular rule be allowed in order to fulfill the criteria of the 'majority rule'?
If power of the majority is extended, it is not obvious but, there can a few drawbacks.
Firstly, if people are given the right to vote and given a chance to elect the government with whom they will be in a position of negotiation, they might end up making a bad decision. The bad decision could be due to the false promises made by the candidate or his enthusiastic speeches. Nevertheless, a bad decision of this sort can put the entire future of a country at a risk.
Secondly, we can also not expect the entire population of a country to be acquainted with the social, political and economic issues of their country. If some are acquainted, they might just be misunderstood about a certain issue. If such citizens are given the right to vote and put forward their views then again the prospects of wrong decisions are great.
Democracy promises an ideal political system by means of what it offers however, the extent to which it should be applied is critical to any country where it operates.
Firstly, if people are given the right to vote and given a chance to elect the government with whom they will be in a position of negotiation, they might end up making a bad decision. The bad decision could be due to the false promises made by the candidate or his enthusiastic speeches. Nevertheless, a bad decision of this sort can put the entire future of a country at a risk.
Secondly, we can also not expect the entire population of a country to be acquainted with the social, political and economic issues of their country. If some are acquainted, they might just be misunderstood about a certain issue. If such citizens are given the right to vote and put forward their views then again the prospects of wrong decisions are great.
Democracy promises an ideal political system by means of what it offers however, the extent to which it should be applied is critical to any country where it operates.
2 comments:
I agree with what Samra has to say. In a democratic form of government. Especially like Pakistan. If the majority of the population is not educated and is poor. They do not know what they want, let alone who they want to rule over them. This by no means means that the poor persons right to vote should be taken away but it just brings into focus the very realistic possibility of the wrong kind of governments being elected dimly because they manipulate such individuals or in other words 'buy' their votes by promising them material concessions.
For a democratic system to truly be successful, first the country must make its citizens politically aware before they extend the rule to them.
I completely agree with your views regarding the population not being highly equipped to vote. Taking the example of Pakistan only, every province has their own misjudgements about voting. In Sindh, PPP is the most prominent party cause they promise "Roti, Kapra and Makaan" for their voters. Manipulating votes by promising food, clothing and shelter. Just imagine, if this is the mindset of these people that they are so poor that they base their votes on these reasons, why would they even think about Pakistan's economy and other major reasons. The population itself deals with small trivial issues and they base their votes on that only.
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