Ranier Fsadni on Franco Debono (4)
Published:
January 19, 2012 at 3:45pm
In The Times today:
The same goes for Dr Debono’s claims about “oligarchy”, which he appears to be confusing with “hierarchy”. No democratic political party or government can function without a senior inner circle of decision-makers. Indeed, no post-1964 Maltese government or any liberal democracy has functioned without one.
Taking Dr Debono seriously must include fact-checking his claims about “correctness” in liberal democracies. Do his claims to refer to the real democratic world “out there” ever pan out?
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Debono on Oligarchy (excerpt from his thesis):
“The right of General Council/Conference to select a Leader implies the right to choose a new leader in place of a Prime Minister who has lost the confidence of the party [footnote: compare to Michels’ Iron Law of Oligarchy when the Leader becomes practically irremovable.]”