| Demokrasie in SA [boodskap #29708] |
Thu, 06 April 2000 00:00 |
Ernst v Biljon
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Jammer vir die wat al hierdie boodskap sou gesien het. Ek dog net ek sou
dit hier laat gesien word indien die anties met die lap kappies in
Kanada nog nie kans gehad het om haar familie hieroor te kontak nie.
Veral nou dat sy so baie weet oor demokrasie.
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We are indebted indeed to the Public Protector, Mr Selby Baqwa, for his
open
and frank admission that South Africa is not a democracy.
Now, of course, Sabsy, and others, will already be reaching, Roy
Rogers-like, for their trusty mice, ready to blast me to that Internet
Round-up in the Sky (by way of that lonely place at the end of Main
Street,
called Boot-up Hill).
"Baqwa said no such thing!" they will declare. True. However, as is
the
case whenever an ANC man opens his mouth, the denial has the force of
truth.
Because Baqwa could not have stated it more clearly, IF you know what
democracy is all about.
You see, the simpletons of this world believe that democracy is a system
of
One Man, One Vote, That's All. However, it is much more than that.
Democracy is a system of One Man, One Vote WITHIN A CERTAIN STRICT SET
OF
NORMS AND CONVENTIONS. And if the norms and conventions are not
observed,
then there is no democracy.
One of the key conventions that determines whether or not a system is
democratic is the little-known concept known as "accountability." And
it
is this "accountability" that Mr Baqwa has so obligingly admitted to be
lacking. By way of proof that it IS indeed missing from our law, he has
expressed his intention of having it added to our laws, so that
Ministers
will be accountable later on, even though they are not accountable at
the
moment.
If he succeeds, then we will have taken an important step towards
securing
something closer to a genuine democracy, so I wish Mr Baqwa well in his
efforts, and hope sincerely that Winnie doesn't kick him in the balls
before
he gets through with the process.
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| Re: Demokrasie in SA [boodskap #29709 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #29708] |
Thu, 06 April 2000 00:00  |
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Oorspronklik gepos deur: @home.com
E Bessinger wrote:
> dit hier laat gesien word indien die anties met die lap kappies in
> Kanada nog nie kans gehad het om haar familie hieroor te kontak nie.
> Veral nou dat sy so baie weet oor demokrasie.
>
So Meneer Bessinger, nou probeer jy jou oorlog op die Engelse
SA nuusgroep hierheen bring. Skoert se ek.
En, Meneer Bessinger, wat maak vir jou 'n outoriteit op
demokrasie? Jy kom baie duidelik uit die apartheidsvark-geslag.
Wat het julle van demokrasie geweet? Julle wat vir veertig jaar
'n terroristiese diktatorskap in SA opgebou het. Wat weet julle
van "accountability"?
Die tannie wat oorlog voer teen die verraaiers.
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