Is this how democracy works?

Top Sunni Official Fired Over Rape Case


Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:30 PM EST


The Associated Press


By HAMZA HENDAWI





BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) 鈥?Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday fired a top Sunni official who had called for an international investigation into the rape allegations leveled by a Sunni Arab woman against three members of the Shiite-dominated security forces.





A statement by al-Maliki's office gave no reason in announcing the dismissal of Ahmed Abdul-Ghafour al-Samaraie, head of the Sunni Endowments. Al-Samaraie, whose organization cares for Sunni mosques and shrines in Iraq, had joined other prominent Sunnis in criticizing the government's handling of the case.





Al-Samaraie, speaking from Amman in neighboring Jordan, disputed al-Maliki's right to fire him, arguing that only Iraq's Presidential Council 鈥?which comprises President Jalal Talabani and his two deputies 鈥?has that authority.





http://adelphia.net/news/read.php?ps=101鈥?/a>Is this how democracy works?
Read my lips...there will never be a democracy in Iraq. Impossible!!!!! Won't happen!!!!! Can't happen!!!!





Iraq will be what, historically speaking, it has always been; a country torn apart by religious violence. It has been that way for thousands of years. It matters not what the fat cats call themselves, there are no leaders in Iraq - democratic or otherwise. There are only tribal leaders and war lords.....Is this how democracy works?
it depends. there are lots of different political systems that work different ways and label themselves democracies.





A true democracy is when anybody can go and propose a law and anybody can vote on any law or resolution. There is direct elections. No country in the world is like this.
democracy at it's finest.
Sadly,even UN Peacekeepers commit rape,exploit and also sexually assault minors.





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Unfortunately that is how so called democracy now is working in many areas of the word that claim to have them
Sadly yes
Maybe they need training wheels before they can go by themselves. That part of the world does not take well to democracy. It is a strange concept to them. There will be a learning curve.