Should the illiterate be given the right to Vote??

[SPIDER-MAN]

Should the illiterate be given the right to Vote??

Democracy is the Government by the people, for the people and of the people. In this sort of polity, the people have equal say and they choose the leadership of their own choice through elections. However, In the case of such country where most of the population is illiterate, a debate crops up, i.e. whether or not the Illiterate sections of population should be given the right to vote.

Yes, The illiterate should be given the right to vote because:

1. In our country the literacy rate is hardly 50%. If we snatch the right of voting from th illiterate, (55% of population) how can they accept the decision of the literate one. And in democracy one can not force other.

2. The illiterate are also the part of our society. The national laws also apply on them. Hence they must be taken on board.

3. Since majority of our population is illiterate, they too pay the taxes; hence their say is sine qua non in the state statute as well as in the election of the leadership.

4. The illiterate have their own problems which the literate sections of our population can fathom.

5. If we disallow the illiterate to vote, the state would be divided in two parts. Such a bifurcation of the basis of education would prove suicidal.

No. The illiterate should not be given the right to vote because:

1. Literate people are wise and intellectual. They can better run the administration of the Government,

2. The billions of rupees Budget if is given in the hands of the illiterate, the country would sure be bankrupt instead of being progressive.

3. If administration is in illiterate hands, corruption, rigging, abuse etc will crop up.

4. In our religion too, the concept of selection rather than election is found. Hence the literate be given the right to vote and not the illiterate ones.


It is left on the readers to choose which side better suits Pakistan………

[MBA]

There are thousands of examples available in the history of Pakistan that literate people proved themselves the worst decision makers.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was foreign graduate, Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Zia ul Haq, Gen Mushraf, Benazir Bhutto, Farooq Lighari & Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Bureacrates), Akbar Bughti and list goes on.. all very well known educated leaders of the Pakistan.

Some chosen by people some came with authoritarian rule, but result, is almost nothing!

We need sincere and honest people, who are solemn to the country, must have vision, whether educated or not.

Regards,

[Omar Qadir]

Everybody must cast vote. Reasoning, the notion and the norm of casting vote should prevail in society, latter comes the argument of education.

Thank You!

[SPIDER-MAN]

@MBA,

What good did they do(the above mentioned leaders except the few) ??? Was Old historical leader educated???? the present lot of politicians is pakistan is also educated......r u satisfied with their governance??? Anyway, at least, voting is the right of illiterat.....whether they be leaders or not.

@omarqadir

Agreed. Right of voting must be given irrepective of education of the population,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but only educated leadership be chosen.


Thanks....

[Adnan Manzoor]

Yes every one should cast vote and instead of cutting the right of illetrate people we should educate them about voting.

[MBA]

Originally Posted by SPIDER-MAN

@MBA,

Agreed. Right of voting must be given irrepective of education of the population,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but only educated leadership be chosen.


Thanks....

Why only educate people to be chosen as Leader? We have seen blunders of educated people e.g. Shoukat Aziz and some from current government.

There should be criteria of education and experience, like we have Prof: Dr Atta ur Rehman (Ex: Science and technology), Mazhar ul Haq Siddiqui (ex VC Sindh Uni), M.Ashraf Janjua (Ex, deputy Governor SBP) etc, they should be given the ministries according to their education and experience, like currently we have ineffective Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.


While at the top we need a leader who is honest, sincere with the whole nation, regardless of any biasness for Punjabi, Sindhi, Pakhtoon, Mahajir or Baloch.

Regards,

[Sociologist PU]

If the voting right is given to only literate people, i. e. Gradutes, then one thing is certain to happen !
We will not find the current ruling party in parliment in future.

[ali emraan]

bro, extremely handsome topic you have inked.
In pakistan, we have a dilemma:

1) votes owned by an illitrate =01
votes owned by matriculate =01
votes owned by a graduate =01
votes owned by an M.A. =01
votes owned by a ph.d =01
2)
votes owned by 100 rupee tax payer =01
votes owned by 1000 rs. tax payer =01
votes owned by 1 million rs. tax payer =01
votes owned by 1 billion rs. tax payer =01

3) votesof a teen ager =01
votes owned by an under 30 =01
votes owned by a middleaged =01
votes owned by an old person =01

----------why???????????????????????

since quran says that those who know can,t be equal to those who don,t know.

now look at the problems caused by illitrate vote cast:

1]rural areas have majority of our population and they have an overwhelming majority quite illitrate.
so, they cast votes on grounds of prejudice.
2]illitrate people don,t know about the new developments and the standards of leadership.
3]they owing to ill knowledge become usually the victim of
feudocracy.
and since they are majority, so, all the efforts of the urban literate voters
goes futile.

____________so, my point of view is that the right of vote should be awarded
to everyone but not at equal levels.

[Sociologist PU]

Once i was performing duty as Returning Officer at a rural polling station and what i found out was that there was no individual preference of the voters. The whole village decides (how they decide ?) whom they are going to vote and all the votes of that village/settlement go in the favour of that particular cannidates irrrespective of individual preference. Some voters were even unaware of the name of the canidate or the party that he belongs to. They were told only the election symbol of the cannidate and how to stamp on it.
And we proudly call it DEMOCRACY.

[Muser]

Originally Posted by ali emraan

since Quran says that those who know can't be equal to those who don't know.

my point of view is that the right of vote should be awarded to everyone but not at equal levels.

You have hit the nail head bro. This may prove to be the panacea for bringing out the right kind of leadership in our set of circumstances.

But alas, politicians will never let it happen as this form of ignorant electorate is their strength.