Beware “Election Jilmaats” – the order of the day!
(Lanka-e-News-22.March.2014, 4.30PM) The frequency of elections does not necessarily imply prevalence of “Democracy”. Even dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe held elections in which they claimed to have won almost 99.9% of the votes cast. It is a democratic principle that regular elections should be conducted for the public to elect their representatives. This purpose is not served by staggered elections as the party in power has the undue advantage of declaring elections for their convenience and political advantage. The democratic verdict of the people is inevitably distorted due to exploitation of Public Servants and misuse of State Resources by the party in power for election purposes.
(Lanka-e-News-22.March.2014, 4.30PM) The frequency of elections does not necessarily imply prevalence of “Democracy”. Even dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe held elections in which they claimed to have won almost 99.9% of the votes cast. It is a democratic principle that regular elections should be conducted for the public to elect their representatives. This purpose is not served by staggered elections as the party in power has the undue advantage of declaring elections for their convenience and political advantage. The democratic verdict of the people is inevitably distorted due to exploitation of Public Servants and misuse of State Resources by the party in power for election purposes.