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Pembroke Daily Observer. Democracy certainly seemed to be on the march. In , however, a very different picture has emerged. Democracies have collapsed and dictators have made a comeback.
The best known example of the phenomenon is to be found in Russia. In his 20 years in power, Vladimir Putin has systematically dismantled the democratic institutions of his country and asserted himself as a one-man rule.
Presiding over a thoroughly corrupt and incompetent government, he has turned Russia into an economic basket case while pursuing expensive military adventures abroad. In the face of palpable discontent among the Russian people, he has fallen back on cultivating support among nationalists by portraying Russia as a country under constant threat from a hostile West.
Combined with brutal suppression of the opposition, this has so far been sufficient to keep him in power. The picture is hardly more promising in North Africa and the Middle East. After a brief and unfortunate experiment with democracy, Egypt has reverted to full-blown military rule under Gen.
Abdel Fattah el Sisi. The general has prisons bulging with political opponents while pursuing vanity projects such as the creation of a new capital north of Cairo.
In the meantime, the standard of living of Egyptians, already precarious, continues to decline while the military and their business friends continue to prosper. In Tunisia, which emerged as the shining light of the Arab Spring because of its commitment to democracy, things have started to turn sour.
Within the last few months, the president has taken on all the powers of government and sidelined the cabinet and the parliament. Tunisia, too, seems to be en route to dictatorship. And the same scenario played out in Sudan following the overthrow of Omar al Bashir, who had been in power for nearly 30 years.
Prospects for democracy look pretty dim in the Arab world. In addition to the cases cited above, there are the continuing dictatorships. In Syria, the blood-stained regime of Bashar al Assad remains in power, thanks to the support of Russia and Iran. And he will doubtless continue to rule when his aged father eventually dies. The seriously flawed democratic government of Iraq remains at the mercy of a variety of armed militias, some of which are closely aligned with Iran.
For the Iranians, the preferred outcome in Iraq could be a Shiite-led autocracy comparable to the one in existence in their own country. Of interest: A bad day for young people as one city and a university adopt measures to ban dancing. Chief Donahue of the Omaha, Neb. Mayor Frank Moores favors such a movement.
Meanwhile, in Bloomington, Ill. Smith of the Illinois Wesleyan University startled the students in chapel by announcing faculty had decided to place a ban not only on dancing, but also card-playing and theatre-going.
Click here to view a readable copy of page 15 of the Jan. Now, the club will be starting a program at Cathedral school the first week of February. Of interest: The news that Kurt Meyer had his war crimes prison sentence cut from life to 14 years was well received by Mr. Stanley Hamm at their farm home in Ernestown Township about 12 miles from Napanee.
Hamm claims that she is an aunt of the former German army officer. I do not think the boy got the defence due him, not that I am condoning what they say he did. Of interest: Utility workers lit up the downtown Saturday night, parading their trucks through the streets as a gesture of thanks and a signal to residents their work here was done.
Saturday, all residents of the old city … should have had their power back, said utilities manager Jim Keech. This website uses cookies to personalize your content including ads , and allows us to analyze our traffic.
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