South Sudan: The Government We Should Advocate for (part I)

20 June 2014
opinion

Since there are now hopes for peace and the formation of the interim government that would prepare the way for the future laws and the government system of our country, we should know what type of government we should advocate for as citizens. The government that I am talking about is the one that should apply to any system that we will have in South Sudan. If we choose unitary system, it should apply to it; if we choose the current decentralization, it should apply to it; or if we choose federalism, it should apply to it.

We know we want democracy to apply to any system of government that we will choose, but what kind of democracy? We have seen that democracy can be doctored, just to paraphrase the former Vice President of Kenya Kalonzo Musyoka. Can we call a democracy in which people vote under threats such as what took place in Syria recently a democracy? These are some of the questions we will have to look into before settling on what type of government we should advocate for.

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