Firstly, unlike our educated elite I'm not in love with the words JUMHOORIAT and DEMOCRACY. My problem is with the half-wit pseudo-intellectual English speaking educated masses who 'think' they have the solution to all of life's problems in a single monolithic argument: JUMHOORIAT.
Secondly, there is no argument against facts (unless you are amongst the educated elite who have never really seen a Pakistani, a court room or a KESC complaint office): our politicians are not competent. The jackass in the article spoke of countries that are the hallmark of leadership. George Bush and Tony Blair may have had despicable policies, but can you question their leadership? They stand taller then their military colleagues and control them. Can you say the same thing about our politicians? What rigors did President Zardari or Nawaz Sharif have to go through to earn their political wings? Does any successful politician have the intellect and leadership to stand up to the experience of a military general in Pakistan?
Thirdly, the argument that people make about how democracy needs time to grow is just a lame duck excuse. While I can understand that democratic institution need time to build their strength, credibility and character, the same leeway does not apply to the democratic parties themselves who are either monarchical or feudalistic in nature. In an governmental setup, a political party is known for its manifesto and the leadership is recognized for it's ability to sell that charter to the masses. In Pakistan, however, all political parties are known and headed by a single person, family name or feudal background. How can un-democratic parties -which do not practice democratic principles within the confines of their own party- become the force of democratic change for the 17 million Pakistanis?
I wish our educated elite would understand that the successful independence of a country does not need a particular form of government -China and the middle east for example, proves that point without an argument and to impose the Pakistani ideals of democracy on either of these countries we would mean to throw them (and by extension the entire world) into utter chaos for several decades. Does that mean that the principles and ideals of democracy are moot? Certainly not! What that does mean is that we can't impose change: whether it is a democratic solution or a military one.
If it ain't broke; don't fix it.
It also means that it is the burden of our educated (m)asses to stand up and question the leadership -whether it is party A or B; whether it is democratic or military. So many times politicians have confused and tricked people into looking one way (in this case to the errors of the previous regime) while it continued to play politics as usual. Did you know the CJP gave out over 2 dozen cars to lawyers at the taxpayers expense and since he has come back in power he has stayed away from the case of the missing persons, Laal Masjid and NRO? Did you know that (finally!) people are admitting that there is no power generational capacity shortfall and that it is only a circular debt? The food crises and so many other issues are beginning to unravel. But because you -the educated elite- was in bed with the forces of democracy you can't get out and are stuck with them -like the liberal media who blindly supported the US Presidential actions after 9/11.
Wake up and smell the bed mints...you've been sleeping with the enemy.
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