Democracy can't be established democratically

The editorial poses the question, “Should a military parliament tell an elected parliament what to do?”

The first issue is that whilst the deposed government was elected, it was not elected within a democracy. In a democracy all that took place could not have occurred within a democratic system of government, neither could the coup d’etat itself. Reality proves the point. The vote was simply a vote giving carte blanche to those authorised by the vote without constraints.

Democracy cannot be achieved democratically, obviously: If democracy existed it would not need achieving. Establishing democracy is a matter of applying pragmatism and expediency with a clear objective. Kid gloves are not the order of the day.

Impeaching those allegedly guilty of malfeasance is only part of political cleansing, which must take place for the country to move on. The road to democracy involves eradicating fraud and corruption and imposing and enforcing the law.

JC Wilcox