Question
Dictatorship and referendum.

Answer

  • The role of referendum in democracy is important and crucial.
  • Democracy has to rely on referendum to gain, sustain or increase power.
  • In dictatorial governments, referendums try to show that they are in their favor.
  • In some cases the dictator serves as a force to be reckoned with as soon as he comes to power, forcibly crushing the tools of the opposition referendum and its formulation and expression.
  • In a system of authoritarian rule, the referendum and the media have a monopoly on turning to itself.
  • Thus, even in non-democratic regimes, rulers try to show that the referendum is in their favor.

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