"..You have one man, one vote, and it's not working in the Philippines, because you can't get rid of a president who is corrupt, because he's had more than one half of the senators unwilling to impeach him, despite all the evidence. And even in jail, he's got supporters outside. You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system."
~~ Lee Kuan Yew, during an interview with PBS.
Our country is not invited to the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako on mid November 2007 as reported by Singabloodypore
Despite our country's affluence and efficiency, we are still considered not democratic enough by the western world.
Maybe they do not know about the free press being widely circulated over here, the likes of 我报 and Today.
So how does the international community see our prosperous, democratic society?
To get some insight, maybe we have to read some of the reports from them:
1. International Advisory Committee country report
2. Freedom house country report
3. Amnesty International news
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