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Political parties have been shaken by populism but not stirred Birgitta Ohlsson, opinion contributor
A murky Shakespearian hellbroth with a far too bitter aftertaste.
During the last decade it has been very tempting for political parties - even in established mature democracies - to blend this toxic political cocktail on authoritarian leadership and wide-ranging versions of political populism. In Shakespeare s infamous play, Macbeth, drinking from the hellbroth brings terror, violence and eventually, destruction.
Even before the coronavirus brought the world to its knees, authoritarian political parties governments and leaders were on the rise. Corruption, state captures and opaque party organizations have undermined public confidence in political parties around the world, fueling democratic instability and weakening global institutions.
History repeats itself, but with a difference
History is the devil’s scripture, and the irony was brought home by the return of the
Junta in Myanmar (erstwhile Burma).
On July 19 1947, a 32 year old, General Bogyote Aung San, serving as the 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma, was assassinated by rivals from the Burmese Military. Before that bloody end, Aung San had been a tempestuous revolutionary who had flirted with various political ideologies and international ‘allies’ to win Burmese independence.
He was also the founder of Myanmar Armed Forces (
Tatmadaw) – a small and disunited force then, that too had switched alliances from the Japanese to the Allied Forces, only to see power challenges leading to the brutal assassination of General Aung San.
What have you done, Macron? France now a flawed democracy - says damning report Alessandra Scotto di Santolo
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France has fallen into the category of flawed democracies, according to the latest index from The Economist. In a context of restrictions linked to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 13th edition of the Global Democracy Index concludes there has been a marked decline in freedoms in 70 percent of the countries of the world.
Notably, France is given the status of flawed democracy. British magazine The Economist published the 13th edition of the Global Democracy Index on February 2.