MP SPEAKS | When high values are conspicuously missing

COMMENT | Democracy is not the perfect system. Yes, it has its own Achilles' heel. Nonetheless, it is the most reasonable option to regulate all the political actors.

The entire basis of democracy boils down to this - duly respect and honour the voices of the people or masses. Therein lies its supreme strength.

Historically speaking, the term democracy is often said to have derived from these two Greek terms, namely demos (people) and kratos (rule). These two words were then duly amalgamated in order to form a new vocabulary, demokratia.

Since democracy is closely associated with the "voices of people", the people have been duly brought into the process of governance, in particular, in electing any government which seeks to represent them.

The road to democracy has not been straight and...