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Is 2015 as real as the date? Are Nigerians thinking as I am thinking? What is the All Progressives Congress? What is the Social Democratic Party? What does the Peoples Democratic Party stand for? The polity is already heated up. But my people said in 1966 that, If you see my hand, you cannot see my heart. I dey for demo Is it the PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, the SDP or Southern Democratic Party? Have we become enlightened to be bamboozled? Have our elites become pundits or poodles? Is keeping Nigeria one still a task that must be done? Are we not flattering ourselves? Are we going to pay with blood again? Can we not discover our identity now and maintain our unity in diversity? I learnt of covalent bond, van der waals force in Chemistry and of hybridisation and hybrid orbitals. Which of these has availed cohesion in our amalgamation? I also heard of radioactive disintegration! Tribalistic centupulated deviation from ideality.
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Democracy or demoncrazy?
More than 1.8 million Hong Kong citizens including the territorys chief executive and his top aide -- have signed a petition calling for an end to a month of pro-democracy protests, a group called the Alliance for Peace and Democracy said Monday.
The claim was quickly met with skepticism as the group refused to publicly disclose the full roster of signatures, and opponents suggested many of the names were fake.
Robert Chow, spokesman for the anti-protest group, saidMondaythathe and his allies had collected 1,835,793 signatures online and in personover the lastnine days.Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese territory, has about 7.3 million people in total.
The petition says that the signatoriesendorse "supporting our police, reclaiming our roads, restoring order and maintaining the rule of law." It was handed over to Hong Kongs chief secretary, Carrie Lam, who herself signed the document. Lams boss, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, also signed.
"Most Hong Kong citizens don't want to see any casualties, but can no longer bear it. We have told Ms. Carrie Lam clearly that this is the will of the majority of Hong Kong's society," said Chow. "Most Hong Kong people want the police to make their move and clear up the [occupied] roads in an appropriate time.
Chow said Lamb told him that the government would decide when to clear the sit-in, and that authorities would eventually resolve the deadlock.
Demonstrators in Hong Kong, a former British territory that returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a framework known as "one country, two systems," have taken to the streets to demand open nominations of candidates for the chief executive's election in 2017. But Chinas central government in Beijing has rejected such a framework, insisting that all candidates be approved by a special committee.
A core group of demonstrators remains encamped around government headquarters in the Admiralty district, with smaller groups in theMongKokand Causeway Bay areas.But the protesters seem to be at a loss for what to do next.
Protest leaders have started talking with sympathetic lawmakers in the territorys legislature about the possibility of a group resignation in order to trigger a by-election.
Advocates say such a move would essentially provide a referendum on protesters demands. But several Hong Kong officials have dismissed the idea as no way to solve the political crisis.
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Are we sure this democracy thing is such a good idea?
I realize that's not exactly an inspiring question to ask on Election Day, when you'll repeatedly be exhorted to get out and vote. But the question seems like a reasonable response to the campaign season we've just witnessed, which was less about real issues than any I can remember.
The problem, of course, is not really democracy, which remains a powerful ideal, one we too often take for granted. The problem is how we happen to be practicing democracy at this very moment.
Consider this: Unless there's a dramatic surprise, nearly every significant incumbent on Capital Region ballots is expected to breeze to re-election. That includes two of the regional congressional campaigns and all of the statewide races including the one for governor.
Where's the competition? This is democracy?
The gubernatorial race, in particular, illustrates the tremendous power of incumbency.
Here we have a governor who is not especially popular, but who has stockpiled a massive campaign war chest with much of the money coming from developers and corporations who benefit from state policy.
It's a wonderful system if you're already in office. But it's not so wonderful if you believe in real democracy.
That massive financial advantage has allowed Andrew Cuomo to bludgeon challenger Rob Astorino on the airwaves, while largely avoiding the unpleasantness of an actual campaign.
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Churchill: Campaigns suggest our democracy is broken