Co founder of Direct Democracy Ireland on Southeast Radio 15th May 2014.
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Democracy 3 - Ep. 8 Extremism DLC
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures while speaking during a public rally in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Democracy activists joined Suu Kyi for the first time calling for an amendment to Myanmar's constitution, a move she says is necessary if next year's general elections are to be free and fair. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)The Associated Press
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures while speaking during a public rally in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Democracy activists joined Suu Kyi for the first time calling for an amendment to Myanmar's constitution, a move she says is necessary if next year's general elections are to be free and fair. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)The Associated Press
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and pro-democracy activist Min Ko Naing clap hands during a public rally in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Democracy activists joined Suu Kyi for the first time calling for an amendment to Myanmar's constitution, a move she says is necessary if next year's general elections are to be free and fair. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)The Associated Press
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets Buddhist monks during a public rally in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Democracy activists joined Suu Kyi for the first time calling for an amendment to Myanmar's constitution, a move she says is necessary if next year's general elections are to be free and fair.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)The Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar Democracy activists in Myanmar have joined opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time in calling for constitutional amendments ahead of next year's general elections.
Thousands of party supporters and leaders of prominent student activist groups turned out at the rally Saturday in the main city of Yangon.
Suu Kyi says that the current constitution needs to be amended for elections to be free and fair.
Currently, the law says that the charter cannot be changed without more than 75 percent approval from the parliament. With the military holding 25 seats, they can veto any such move and prevent Suu Kyi from becoming president because her sons are British nationals.
An article says anyone whose spouse or children owes allegiance to a foreign power cannot hold top office.
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Dominique de Villepin says democracy cannot be imposed on a country Photo: AFP
Democracy is most likely to be achieved through diplomacy not by force or by war, saysthe former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin.
Mr de Villepin, speaking at the 14th Doha Forum last week, said that history had proved there was a link between democracy being imposed on a country and the deterioration and destruction of that country.
Mr de Villepin cited Iraq in 2003 as an example in which the western world thought through force they can create democracy that not only builds democratic and stable institutions but also leads to peace, he said.
But he said history had shown military intervention had been a failure. For politicians, it is easier to go to war than implement peace because the military people follow orders but democracy is more complex than politics, he said.
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...I would like to see more Western democracies send more professors, doctors and lawmakers rather than their armies to all the countries of the world and this is the only way to further democracy.
The forum is organised annually by the Qatari government to discuss issues regarding democracy, development and free trade in the Middle-East and the world.
More than 600 delegates from 80 countries were flown into Qatar at the expense of Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take part in the three-day talks this year which discussed the crisis in Syria, human rights, building democracies and extremist religious and sectarian conflicts.
Mr de Villepin told the forum that Second Age Democracy was something that was not imposed but shared through procedures that allow countries to evolve through a historical phase.
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Diplomacy, nor war, the way to democracy, says former French PM Dominique de Villepin
OnMay 20 2014, the Malawi democracy clocks twenty (20) years of age since the transition from one party state to multiparty democracy. On 14 June 1994, Malawians overwhelmingly chose a multiparty democracy under which restrictions over some human freedoms and rights were removed. A new democratic constitution was drafted guaranteeing more freedoms and human rights. It also established a governance structure consisting of three separate arms (Executive, Legislature and Judiciary) to ensure that there are checks and balance to avoid abuse of power by individuals.
To ensure that the Malawi democracy meant government of the people, by the people and for the people, the fundamental principles underlying the new Republican Constitution clearly stipulates that All legal and political authority of the State derives from the people of Malawi and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution solely to serve and protect their interests and that All persons responsible for the exercise of powers of State do so on trust.. (Chapter lll).
That is why the constitution provides for elections of political leaders for every five years so that citizens should always give power to a selected few to govern on their behalf as in representative democracy. Citizens are allowed to choose leaders who best represent their aspirations.May 20tripartite elections are such an opportunity for citizens, eligible to vote, to exercise their right to choose leaders.
Malawi goes to the polls Tuesday
The Referendum and the 1994 General elections have been dubbed as the most democratic and transparent elections held so far . Through the secret ballot, Malawians chose their preferred system of government of democracy and proceeded to usher in a new government led by Dr Bakili Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF). In both the 1993 Referendum and 1994 General Elections, the MCP government led by late Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda respected the will and choice of the people and accepted the elections results. In both elections, Kamuzu accepted defeat even before official results were announced by an independent electoral commission. Things had change for good.
However, since the 1994 general elections, concerns and fears over electoral malpractices in form of biasness, cheating or rigging and intimidation, have been rife and refuse to die out. While most of the claims of vote rigging have not been substantiated, some cases of rigging have been backed up by evidence in the courts of law. Electoral results have been manipulated in favor of some candidates the majority of whom belong to the ruling party.
Nevertheless, some opposition candidates have also been implicated is such malpractices. This is because politicians approach elections as business which they should win at all costs. As a result, some people have lost trust in elections as they feel these are staged whose results are predetermined. Others have shouted BOMA sililuza (the governing party cannot lose elections). Where does such confidence come from? Surely it could not only emanate from the incumbency factor, but also possibilities of manipulating the results using the government machinery.
As we head towards theMay 20poll, concerns and fears over possible vote rigging have resurfaced again. The opposition is quite vocal on this. The government and electoral bodies are parrying these fears away. But Vote RIGGING is real and culprits work hard to execute plans undercover as agents. Vote rigging is the greatest enemy of democracy and must not tolerate by all means. Every vote must count and their views respected. The constitution provides for that.
In fact, there is no need for any player in the tripartite elections to plan vote rigging. Everyone who decided to contest must have understood the rules of the game as set by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and that any attempts to rig the elections must face peoples resistance and the long arm of the law. The Voters are the major stakeholder in the elections to freely choose the new crop of leaders. It is quite simple. Leave the game to voters to decide. As any form of cheating and corruption, any proved cases of vote rigging must be dealt legally or other lawful means. It is a serious crime against peoples will and democracy to rig an election
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