[WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] What does democracy really mean today?

[djilali benamrane]

Good point Jean Louis !
But we need an global good governance vision,
indenpendantly from the dicktat of any powerfull
country or leader. It is easy to put every debate
under an undefined democracy concept implemented
differently depending on situaton and appreciation of
a very limitted number of leaders (this could be a
definition of dicktature and not democracy).
I cannot accept that when demonstrations, reactions,
"constructed votes" are favourable or not to a certain
country they are considered as good practices and good
governance and if people are against it's denounced as
a bad governance... It is said that in ex soviet union
contries West foundations and civile society
associations supported and are supporting process
destabilzing current systems trying to cut any link
with social development approach and reinforcing the
market law... if this is the only vision of the global
good governance, we have to debate and to recall the
cat a white elephant of the futur world we are
building for our children.
Bonne reflexion Jean Louis...
Le monde manque d'une définition élémentaire de la
bonne gouvernance mondiale et globale..... sinon dans
le monde de demain que nous sommes en train de
construire le fameux chat va devenir un éléphant blanc
 et il y a matière à s'inquiéter pour nos enfants et
l'humanité de demain.
   
--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Dear friends
> I know there is a diplomatic language to describe
> what happened in Zimbabwe. But I wonder if CS has to
> enter into these considerations. So, please, let's
> call a cat  a cat ! And a "neither free nor fair
> election" a bad election and an attempts against
> basic civil rights !
> Moreover, what is the credibility of "mutual
> gouvernance assessment" enshrined in NEPAD ? No
> doubt it is at the same level as are its promises in
> the domains of infrastructure and ICT, namely
> "unpredictable". At the best.
> Best regards
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT France 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message du 06/04/05 14:23
> > De : "CIVICUS" 
> > A : "wsis" 
> > Copie à : 
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] What does
> democracy really mean today?
> > 
> > 
> FROM THE DESK OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 
> 
> > What does democracy really mean today?
> > By Kumi Naidoo, CIVICUS Secretary General and
> Chief Executive Officer
> 
> 
> In the aftermath of the controversial Zimbabwean
> elections held on 31 March 2005, questions abound
> about what constitutes a free and fair election. The
> South African government delegation said the
> election was free but not necessarily fair. The
> Southern African Development Community (SADC) took a
> similar view with media and other
> observers saying the election was neither free nor
> fair. 
> > 
> > The African Union has reserved judgment pending
> further investigation into allegations raised by the
> opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of
> problems with voters’ rolls and more wide-scale vote
> rigging. It is worth reflecting not only on what
> constitutes a free and fair election but on what
> constitutes democracy more broadly.
> > 
> > Read the full message at
>
www.civicus.org/new/content/deskofthesecretarygeneral11.htm
>  
> Best regards, 
> > Eric
> >
>
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