Democracy in crisis, why?

Look around you: Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa and America, democracy, government of the people by the people for the people, is in crisis! Why, is the first question that crosses one’s mind.

Why, is this ideal government, ever conjured in the minds of men, in travail? Without traveling far in thought you discover that democracy thrives best when premised as it must, on the rule of law; otherwise anarchy ensues; secondly, to function optimally democracy ought to answer to the principle of the majority, as king, lest a dictator emerges; thirdly, it should be rooted on equality, not so, you’ll have slave-owner/ slave coexistence; trample on the rule of law, overlook  majority test or sever its root, then democracy stews in crisis and becomes a nullity!Why has the American democracy veered without signal, into the anti-democratic Donald Trump lane? Trump and his dupes didn’t win on the principle of the majority! How could they, when three million more voters voted for Hillary Clinton?

The Electoral Colleges which handed Donald Trump victory he didn’t deserve, are not institutions of equality, but instruments of deliberate inequality instituted by the powerful and the rich, to defend the ill-gotten gains of the few. Nothing more, nothing less!

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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