Tomorrow March 8, 2008 is a very important date. One of the reason...my former student getting married. I am very happy for her. One funny thing about all these marriages is that, you will suddenly realise that you will be related. Guess what, her uncle is my husband's cousin and so she is now my niece and I am her aunt!
The second most important thing is, March 8, 2008 is another day for all eligible Malaysians to exercise their rights as a citizen of the country. Voting represents one of the foundations of a democratic country. In the dictionary definition, democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." So, in other words, we will be electing people who we think will be able to serve us, to ensure that they will see us through the years ahead.
THE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY
The second most important thing is, March 8, 2008 is another day for all eligible Malaysians to exercise their rights as a citizen of the country. Voting represents one of the foundations of a democratic country. In the dictionary definition, democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." So, in other words, we will be electing people who we think will be able to serve us, to ensure that they will see us through the years ahead.
THE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY
- Sovereignty of the people.
- Government based upon consent of the governed.
- Majority rule.
- Minority rights.
- Guarantee of basic human rights.
- Free and fair elections.
- Equality before the law.
- Due process of law.
- Constitutional limits on government.
- Social, economic, and political pluralism.
- Values of tolerance, pragmatism, cooperation, and compromise.
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