Introduction
In democratic countries, people hold the role as the ruler of the nation through institutions, namely legislative institution, executive institution, judiciary institution (Trias Politica). The people in the mentioned institution are elected by the people in election. In election, people have the right to choose the candidates who they are fond to. The people should not be suppressed by the incumbent government as to give advantage to the government by itself so that the government can be re-elected. People have their representatives in the legislative body. Legislative body is known as parliament. The representatives propose laws and policies which the people need to the legislative assembly. The laws and policies are implemented by the executive body. Executive covers cabinets, president and the staffs. The job of the judiciary body is to monitor the laws and policies to be on the track with the constitution. The laws and policies which are proposed and implemented must not against the constitution. Thus, through election of the representatives and president, people are on the top of the hierarchy of a democratic system. But, although people are on the top of the hierarchy, the government appears as the most supreme. It is because people give the government a mandate to control over them through election.
The implementation
As the legal matters are in the process of trial and error in public, NGO and civil organization monitor the implementation of the laws and policies of the government in the grass root society. These organizations, comprising a group of people as the members, evaluate the progress and the impact of the legal matters in the society. They can criticise the government on the flaw of the rules as an input for the government to evaluate these within the 3 democratic bodies.
This is why the freedom of speech is important in democratic country. Most of the democratic country allowed the people to air their own voice. In this way, the government can reflect on their policies and laws. The acts of the government must benefit the people they ruled. Freedom of speech has lots of forms in many societies. The form depends on the society. It is to fit the need and the culture of the people, so that the forms of the freedom of speech are different from one society to another.
Freedom of speech holds a crucial role in the democratic society. Without the freedom of speech, the government act as an autocracy and totalitarian government. It cannot be evaluated and may not fit to the need of the people. The government can act as the people inside the inner circle of the government want. It is because of that, the one of requirements of a democratic system cannot be fulfilled as it is not serve the need of the people.
In a society where there are majority and minority groups, democracy is tested. Why do I say so? As I mentioned, the government is formed through an election. As the majority votes, the minority has such a small chance for its representatives to get into the government. The government mainly formed by the representations of the majority. It is hard for the minority to air their voice through the wall of majority representatives. But in certain country, the ruling party has wings for the minority groups to ensure that minority voice still exist in the parliament.
Conclusion
In my personal opinion, democracy is good since it is the voice of the people which run the country through mandatory leader. Also it is the right of people to evaluate the government programs so that the programs can really hit to the spot of problems. Although I said it is right to evaluate, we must to it in such a manner which would not harm anything along the demonstration process. The democratic system can be effective if all the groups and bodies actively involved in the process.
In democratic countries, people hold the role as the ruler of the nation through institutions, namely legislative institution, executive institution, judiciary institution (Trias Politica). The people in the mentioned institution are elected by the people in election. In election, people have the right to choose the candidates who they are fond to. The people should not be suppressed by the incumbent government as to give advantage to the government by itself so that the government can be re-elected. People have their representatives in the legislative body. Legislative body is known as parliament. The representatives propose laws and policies which the people need to the legislative assembly. The laws and policies are implemented by the executive body. Executive covers cabinets, president and the staffs. The job of the judiciary body is to monitor the laws and policies to be on the track with the constitution. The laws and policies which are proposed and implemented must not against the constitution. Thus, through election of the representatives and president, people are on the top of the hierarchy of a democratic system. But, although people are on the top of the hierarchy, the government appears as the most supreme. It is because people give the government a mandate to control over them through election.
The implementation
As the legal matters are in the process of trial and error in public, NGO and civil organization monitor the implementation of the laws and policies of the government in the grass root society. These organizations, comprising a group of people as the members, evaluate the progress and the impact of the legal matters in the society. They can criticise the government on the flaw of the rules as an input for the government to evaluate these within the 3 democratic bodies.
This is why the freedom of speech is important in democratic country. Most of the democratic country allowed the people to air their own voice. In this way, the government can reflect on their policies and laws. The acts of the government must benefit the people they ruled. Freedom of speech has lots of forms in many societies. The form depends on the society. It is to fit the need and the culture of the people, so that the forms of the freedom of speech are different from one society to another.
Freedom of speech holds a crucial role in the democratic society. Without the freedom of speech, the government act as an autocracy and totalitarian government. It cannot be evaluated and may not fit to the need of the people. The government can act as the people inside the inner circle of the government want. It is because of that, the one of requirements of a democratic system cannot be fulfilled as it is not serve the need of the people.
In a society where there are majority and minority groups, democracy is tested. Why do I say so? As I mentioned, the government is formed through an election. As the majority votes, the minority has such a small chance for its representatives to get into the government. The government mainly formed by the representations of the majority. It is hard for the minority to air their voice through the wall of majority representatives. But in certain country, the ruling party has wings for the minority groups to ensure that minority voice still exist in the parliament.
Conclusion
In my personal opinion, democracy is good since it is the voice of the people which run the country through mandatory leader. Also it is the right of people to evaluate the government programs so that the programs can really hit to the spot of problems. Although I said it is right to evaluate, we must to it in such a manner which would not harm anything along the demonstration process. The democratic system can be effective if all the groups and bodies actively involved in the process.
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