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Posted on January 15th, 2021
By Raj Gonsalkorale
The
words of Abraham Lincoln to honour the soldiers that sacrificed their lives in
order
that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth”
were spoken at Gettysburg, but
these words apply as well to the countless soldiers that died for the cause of
democracy in the following 150 years.
Barend
ter Haar, Senior Research Associate writing in
Clingendael (https://www.clingendael.org/publication/government-people-people-people) says obviously, if politicians believe that
voters cannot be trusted with the truth, democracy is seriously at risk. For a
democracy to function it is essential that a government respects the people and