Question 9 Consider the following facts about a country and decide if you would call it a democracy. Give reasons to support your decision.
(a) All the citizens of the country have right to vote Elections are held regularly.
(b) The country took loan from international agencies. One of the conditions for given loan was that the government would reduce its expenses on education and health. ..............................................
(c) People speak more than seven languages but education is available only in one language, the language spoken by 52 percent people of the country.
(d) Several organisations have given a call for peaceful demonstrations and nation wide strikes in the country to oppose these policies. Government has arrested these leaders.
(e) The government owns the radio and television in the country. All the newspapers have to get permission from the government to publish any news about government’s policies and protests.
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1) A country where all citizens have a right to vote and elections are held regularly can be called a democratic country.
2) If a country reduces expenses on education and health, it will definitely harm the people of that country. Thus' it is undemocratic.
3) In a country whose people speak several languages, one single language cannot be made the official language of that particular country. therefore, it is undemocratic.
4) If the government of the country is not allowing people of that country to oppose the govrnment peacefully, then it cannot be called democratic instead, the government in future can even become dictator.
5) If the media of the country also needs permission of the government to publish or brodcast any news then, the country is not democratic.
#It can be concluded that the people of the country are only given the right to vote and other rights are not given and hence it cnnot be called a proper democracy.
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