Improving our flawed democracy

In a democracy, one must use process and procedures and the voting system to get things done. One would have hoped that our House of Representatives and our elected MPs would have

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Cyprus is a ‘flawed democracy’

Cyprus has yet to wiggle out of the “flawed democracies” category, ranked 37 out of 167 countries on the Democracy Index 2021 issued by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Scoring 7.43 out of

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Cypriots want EP to safeguard democracy

Cypriots believe defending democratic values should be the European Parliament’s top priority, according to EP Autumn 2021 Eurobarometer published Tuesday. In Cyprus, 89% said they would like to see the EP play

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Driving in a backseat democracy

Unsurprisingly, there was no rumble of indignation or calls for a public inquiry as to why a backroom deal was made to give civil servants a luxury ride at our expense. It

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Democracy in progress

Winston Churchill said, “democracy is not the best system, but it is the best system we have so far until we find a better one”. And I dare say that some countries

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Winning back our democracy

I’m not sure what local democracy looks like from where you are sitting, but in Cyprus, power is kept in a jar where only the elite can wet their whistle. Cyprus advocates

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Cyprus blocking evolved local government

Cyprus is still too centralised with very little progress in promoting local democracy in the country, said a report adopted by the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. The

Democracy held hostage

Opposition parties may have won the battle, by throwing out next year’s state budget for the first time in decades, and giving the government a bloody nose, but they have not won

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