The recent constitutional crises in Thailand and the Malaysian state of Perak have been given extensive coverage by the state media in a lame attempt to highlight the pitfalls of democracy.
The papers were splashed with photos of the Thai “red shirts” confronting the police and of the scuffle between the party supporters of the Barisan Nasional and PAS in Perak.
One reader posted a comment criticizing us for our frequent attacks on the PAP. “Would you rather have a situation similar to what is happening in Thailand now?” he asked.
It is precisely because we do not want to see a similiar crisis being repeated here that we have been actively educating our readers on their rights as citizens and to expose the glaring deficiencies in our political system.
Both the Thai and Perak constitutional crises are triggered by self-serving politicians who chose to cling on to power in spite of the desire of the people to have them removed.
It has nothing to do with democracy. Only when politicians do not adhere to the basic principles of democracy and play according to the rules will the nation be plunged into political chaos.
Democracy works on two basic tenets: one, the party which wins the majority vote in an election gets to form the government and two, the loser accepts the result and wait for the next election. The democratic process will be abused and rendered ineffective if either condition is not met.
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The papers were splashed with photos of the Thai “red shirts” confronting the police and of the scuffle between the party supporters of the Barisan Nasional and PAS in Perak.
One reader posted a comment criticizing us for our frequent attacks on the PAP. “Would you rather have a situation similar to what is happening in Thailand now?” he asked.
It is precisely because we do not want to see a similiar crisis being repeated here that we have been actively educating our readers on their rights as citizens and to expose the glaring deficiencies in our political system.
Both the Thai and Perak constitutional crises are triggered by self-serving politicians who chose to cling on to power in spite of the desire of the people to have them removed.
It has nothing to do with democracy. Only when politicians do not adhere to the basic principles of democracy and play according to the rules will the nation be plunged into political chaos.
Democracy works on two basic tenets: one, the party which wins the majority vote in an election gets to form the government and two, the loser accepts the result and wait for the next election. The democratic process will be abused and rendered ineffective if either condition is not met.
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/?p=7672
