Building democracy is a never ending people's enterprise. As a constant work in progress, democracy is imperfect. It has flaws and vulnerabilities.
True champions of democracy work to make it better and make it as close to perfect as possible. Aspiring despots and political opportunists however take advantage of democracy's weaknesses to worm their way to or deepen their hold on power. Thus by looking at the way politicians deal with the shortcomings of democracy, we can see their true color.
One area where democracy has to be strengthened is in making it immune to political dynasties. Dynasties defeat the spirit of democracy and eventually threatens its very life that our constitution has a provision banning them. Yet despite this ban, many politicians are shamelessly set on dynasty building. These people have an undemocratic agenda and can not be trusted.
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