A democracy is a legitimate form of government support the statement with arguments
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(a) A democratic government is called legitimate government because it is people’s own government.
(b) It may be slow, less efficient and not very responsive and clean, but it is people's government.
(c) There is an overwhelming support for the idea of democracy all over the world. People of South Asia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Nepal have no doubt about the suitability of democracy for their own country.
(d) People wish to be ruled by representatives elected by them. Democracy/s ability to generate its own support makes it more legitimate.
Answer:
Democracy is considered the best form of government for these reasons.
(i) It is a more accountable form of government as it has to respond to the needs of the people.
(ii) Democracy improves the quality of decision- making as it is based on consultation and discussion.
(iii) Democracy provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts as differences are bound to occur.
iv) Democracy enhances the dignity of citizens as it is based the principle of political equality.
v) It allows us to correct its own mistakes in which rulers have to change their decisions or the rulers have to be changed.