What is Democracy? Why Democracy? Test - 1

Legal Framework Order, 2002, was issued by General Pervez Musharraf in regard to the Pakistani general election of 2002 and the revival of the Constitution of India because he wanted dictatorship in Pakistan.

In a democracy, the final decision making power must rest with those elected by the people.
Democracy is a form of government where the rulers get elected by the people. The government formed acts for the welfare of the people and established equality in the country.
Every citizen plays an equal role in decision making. This means they should have the right to vote, right to be informed, and right to be educated. The demands of the people are fulfilled if these are within the principles of the constitution.

Since its independence in 1930, Mexico holds elections after every six years to elect its President. The country has never been under a military or dictator's rule. But until 2000 every election was won by a party called PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party). Opposition parties did contest elections but never managed to win. The PRI was known to use many dirty tricks to win elections. All those who were employed in government offices had to attend its party meetings. Teachers of government schools used to force parents to vote for the PRI. The media largely ignored the activities of opposition political parties except to criticise them. Sometimes the polling booths were shifted from one place to another in the last minute, which made it difficult for people to cast their votes.

In China, elections are held after 5 years for electing the Country's Parliament. However, the dominance of a single party i.e., Chinese Communist Party gives fewer options to people there in choosing their representatives. The NPC elects the President of the People's Republic of China and the Vice President of the People's Republic of China. The NPC also appoints the Premier of the State Council and many other crucial officials to the central state organs. It has nearly 3,000 members elected from all over China. Some members are elected by the army. Before contesting elections, a candidate needs the approval of the Chinese Communist Party. Only those who are members of the Chinese Communist Party or eight smaller parties allied to it were allowed to contest elections held in 2002-03. The government is always formed by the Communist Party.

This is correct as women are not allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia and Vatican City, women can't vote. This is amazingly the case in Saudi Arabia, though a royal decree, issued in 2011, allowed women vote in Saudi elections in 2015. Vatican City is the only other country that allows men, but not women, to vote.

Fiji, a country in the South Pacific, is an archipelago of more than 300 islands. It's famed for rugged landscapes, palm-lined beaches and coral reefs with clear lagoons. In Fiji, the electoral system is such that the vote of an indigenous Fijian has more value than that of an Indian-Fijian (Fijian who is a descendent of migrants from India).

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s.

The Dictatorial Government of the Philippines was an insurgent government in the Spanish East Indies inaugurated during the Spanish–American War by Emilio Aguinaldo in a public address on May 24, 1898 on his return to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong, and formally established on June 18. Brazil is the country which was under dictatorship for long time i.e. from April 1, 1964 to March 15, 1985. It began with the 1964 led by the Armed Forces against the administration of the President Joao Goulart, who had assumed the office after being Vice-President, upon the resignation of the democratically elected president Janio Quadros. Nigeria became a colony of the British Empire in the early 20^th century but didn't gain its independence until 1960.

The economists pointed out that no large-scale famine has ever taken place in an independent and democratic country. No democracy has ever gone to war with another democracy. Wars take place only when one of the two governments is non-democratic. Democracy increases the quality of decision making, but it does not increase its speed.

Chinese Government blocked free flow of information on the internet by placing restrictions on popular websites like 'Google' and 'Yahoo'. More than 60 restrictions are provided by the Government of China. The authorities of the Government blocked the website content and also monitored the internet access done by various individuals.The system was called the Great Firewall of China.

The hereditary ruler of Bhutan has overseen dramatic democratic reforms in his country and declared that in future he will be guided by the advice given to him by elected representatives.

Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislation. Who people are and how authority is shared among them are core issues for democratic theory, development and constitution. A ban on political gatherings by a monarch is not considered as democracy. Right to vote withheld from citizens of foreign origin does not support democracy as it has withheld the one person, one vote and one value rule. This does not support democracy as there in no respect for basic rights in this instance. Open criticism of the ruling party leader in the media is the instance of democracy.

Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislation. Who people are and how authority is shared among them are core issues for democratic theory, development and constitution. Cornerstones include freedom of assembly and speech, inclusiveness and equality, membership, consent, voting, right to life and minority rights. There is a freedom of speech and there is accountability. The opposition party and press are free to criticise the government.

A country which imposes censorship of both print and electronic media is undemocratic because freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental right of the people in a democracy. In democracy, people are free to express their views about the policies of the government.

Electoral competition is all about competition among various political parties and several candidates. If there is no competition, elections will become pointless. Electoral competition provides every citizen irrespective of various sections in the society, one vote having equal value to elect their representatives. It can lead to corruption. Anyone can contest for elections in a democracy, not only rich people. People have a right to choose who they deem best as their representative.