Showing posts with label democratic electoral process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democratic electoral process. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

DEMOCRACY vs MERITOCRACY



The "democratic" electoral process is inherently flawed

The principle upon which (so-called) democracy is based – elections – is inherently flawed. In fact, just because people vote in an election does not make the political process democratic.

In fact, as Arudhanti Roy rightly stated: “It isn’t how many people who vote that count in an election; rather it is how the votes are counted.”

Consider the following:

Only a small minority of the total population actually takes part in the voting process during an election. Let us assume that for the purpose of our analysis, that out of a total population of 10 million, 50% are “eligible” to vote under the electoral rules. Now let us assume that out of the 5 million who are declared “eligible” to vote, only 50% (2.5 million) actually bother casting their votes. Now let us further assume that out of the 2.5 million voters, 51% - the (so-called) “majority” - vote for presidential candidate A. Thus, out of a total population of 10 million, only 1.25 million people (12.5%) have voted in favor of presidential candidate A.

How does 12.5% of the total population constitute the “majority”...? And how can candidate A claim to have "democratically" won the elections by the vote of the “majority”, when in fact only 1.25 million people - out of 10 million - cast their vote in his favor? And what about the opinions and voices of the REAL majority of the population (8.75 million /87.5%) who did NOT vote for presidential candidate A, but who nevertheless will have to pay taxes and bear the consequences of the policies pursued by the candidate A during his reign...?

As the above illustration clearly demonstrates, the entire election process is (purposely) inherently flawed and must be entirely reformed. In fact, under the current electoral rules, the majority of inhabitants who are excluded from the electoral process and/or chose not to vote will always be excluded from the political process, since only the “voices” of those who are eligible to vote and actually exercise that right are taken into account. People who chose not to vote for any of the running candidate (out of a lack of credible alternative)should also have a right to vote AGAINST any of the running candidates, and their expressed voices should be accounted for and reflected in the overall electoral results.

The current electoral process and rules are inherently biased against the true majority since they exclusively take into account the “majority” of the minority that actually vote. To illustrate my point, considering the following:

Let us assume that out of the 5 million eligible voters, only 1 million actually bother to vote. And out of the 1 million voters, candidate A obtains 51% of the votes. Under the current electoral process and rules, Candidate A will have won the election by obtaining the “majority” of the votes with only 510,000 votes, out of total population of 10 million, representing a mere 5.1% of the total population! The same example can be repeated ad infinitum with the same biased results.

Thus, it is clear from the above illustrations, that the (so-called) “democratic” electoral process is inherently flawed and biased against the true majority of the people and thus entirely un-democratic. It follows that all political appointees holding office through the above described fraudulent and anti-democratic electoral process are in fact illegitimate, and must therefore be removed from office.

Meritocracy vs Democracy

Furthermore, (so-called) democracy MUST be replaced by MERITOCRACY. In fact, government representatives must be hired based on merit and competence, and be directly accountable to the people, just like company executives are hired based on merit and accountable to their shareholders.

Countries must be managed like corporations by competent individuals based on merit, competence, accountability and transparency. Countries contain vast amount of resources (natural, mineral, human, etc.) which must be intelligently exploited for the development of the country as a whole and the welfare of its inhabitants. This can only be accomplished under a political system based on meritocracy, accountability and transparency.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

THE MYTH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS…


IT IS NOT HOW MANY VOTE THAT COUNTS;
IT IS HOW THE VOTES ARE COUNTED...


I think it is dangerous to confuse the idea of democracy with elections;
Just because you have elections doesn’t mean you’re a democratic country.
Arundhati Roy


Let us objectively briefly analytically review the (so-called) “democratic” election process which serves to legitimate (so-called) democratically-elected governments and which is used as the foundation for the functioning of all democratic institutions.

Let us, for the purpose of our analysis, make the following assumptions about country X which is conducting presidential elections with 5 candidates (A, B, C, D, E)

Assumptions

  • Total Population = 100 million inhabitants
  • % of total population eligible to vote ( based on Constitution): 60% = 60 million inhabitants
  • % of voters that actually cast their electoral votes: 70% = 42 million inhabitants.

First round election results:

  • Candidate A gets 30% of the votes = 12, 600, 000
  • Canditate B gets 25% of the votes = 10, 500, 000
  • Remaining 3 candidates ( C, D, E ) share the balance of the votes (45%) among them
  • Thus, candidate A & B together win the so-called “majority” of votes (55%) in the first round and are thus qualified – under the "electoral rules" – to run for a second round.
  • Candidates C, D, and E are disqualified from the electoral process – according to the electoral rules - since they failed to obtain the “majority” of votes in the first round.
Second round of election results:

  • Number of voters casting their votes during the second round: 24 millions voters out of 60 million eligible voters and 100 million total population => 23% of total population or 40% of eligible voters.
  • Candidate A gets 55 % of the votes = 13, 200, 000 votes
  • Candidate B gets 45 % of the votes = 10, 800, 000 votes

Thus, under current (misleading and fraudulent) so-called "democratic" electoral rules, Candidate A wins the "democratic" presidential elections by a "majority” of votes...!

However, let us objectively and analyticaly look beyond the deceitful and fraudulent rhetoric and let the number speak and reveal the Truth.

The declared winner of the “democratic” presidential election has won 13.2 million votes, out of a total of 60 million eligible voters and 100 million inhabitants , which- in fact - only represents 22% of the eligible votes and 13.2% of the voices of the total population. How then can he legitimately claim to have been elected “democratically” with a “majority” of the votes…?

Even after deducting the voices of the 40 millions inhabitants who – under the electoral rules – are forbidden to vote, there still remains 46.8 millions people who did NOT vote for candidate A.

What about the voices of these remaining eligible 46.8 million voters  who did NOT vote for candidate A, but who nevertheless constrained and obliged to be ruled by candidate A and thus to be directly affected by the political rule and economic, social, political and legislative policies developed and implemented during his presidential reign…?

Why should 46.8 million eligible voters  who did NOT vote for candidate A + 40 million inhabitants who have been not been authorized to vote in the election be constrained to recognize, accept and obey his rule? Furthermore, why should they surrender a portion of their income and earnings in taxes to the administration of a president for whom they did not vote…?

The above brief analysis of the so-called “democratic” electoral process CLEARLY reveals that the whole electoral process is deceitful, inherently flawed and fraudulent and thus needs to be urgently reformed, for the sake of true democracy for the true majority of all people.