Question is a Weapon in Democracy

What is democracy?

Democracy gives citizens many rights.

• The number one right in a democracy is the freedom of speech.

Since time immemorial, freedom of speech has been under attack by rulers.

• The kings, queens, and emperors have been mostly totalitarians.

• Those imperial times are gone.

Now, the so-called democracy has been in place in most parts of the globe.

• Citizens cast votes and choose their rulers, i.e., governments.

But, the freedom of speech has been under regular attacks by the so-called democratically elected government rulers!

Asking questions is a weapon in democracy.

Why the kings and the governments were/are against citizens' freedom of speech?

• Free speech permits people to engage in conversations about the country.

• People make assessments of the quality of services and facilities.

• They discuss the performances of the ministers.

More importantly, people ask questions about corrupt ministers.

• Citizens charge the ruling government with corruption - corruption on land reforms, road developments, employment, health services, education, etc.

If a person or a group of people continue to ask questions against the ruling government, they are charged with false legal suits by government officials.

• The governments look at citizens' questions as weapons to fight corruption.

Governments suppress the questions of the citizens.

It happened in many places in the world.

• Recently, in our place, YouTubers have been charged with false legal cases for raising questions about the government's corruption and crimes against the people.

• The ruling political party members have been committing crimes, but the government does nothing to stop them.

But the government suppresses independent content creators and news forums from raising questions on their social media channels.

Concluding thoughts

• Free speech comes under the fundamental right of freedom.

• Asking questions about corruption is a challenging task.

• But asking questions is a duty of the citizens.

People should continue to raise questions and make others aware of the situation.

Question is a weapon against corrupt governments.

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Oct 20, 2022