What I think about this onerous question is, that only to vote for one is not enough that democracy is good or dictatorship. There is no second opinion on the matter of true democracy, but the point worth mentioning her is, that our democratic system is not updated and tailored according to the frame and structure of our country. The soul of democracy lies in literacy rate, of which we are ruthlessly deprived.
There are five institutions which make real democracy.
1. Independent Judiciary
2. Free Media
3. Sovereign Parliament
4. Strong Army
5. Balanced Executive
Alhamdulilah! Now we can say, that our Judiciary is independent and media is free to some extent and Army is also strong as usual, but the problem arises when we talk about Sovereign Parliament and Balanced Executive. We know, neither Parliament is sovereign, nor Executive is balanced. There are many faults and flaws in our ill-suited democracy. As I mentioned earlier, that we have only adopted the slogan of democracy without knowing the ground realities of our state. Now, it is time to reshape this democratic system.
Here are some suggestions to make it more viable and liable.
1. Educational Reforms in whole of the country.
2. There should be an institute for the top tier student, who come in the field of politics.
3. Without Passing at least 18 years education, no one should be allowed to contest elections for National Assembly and 16 years of education for provincial assemblies should be mandatory.
4. Only highly-educated, renowned, competent and deserving personalities should be nominated for the high offices of President and Prime Minister. President and Prime Minister should be elected directly by people not by Parliament.
5. All Institution should be equally powerful.
These aforementioned suggestion, if implemented in real sense, could literally flourish the slogan of democracy.
Regards
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Assistant Security Officer- BS-16
Ministry Of Defence, GHQ.
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