OPINION

Democracy’s defense

Once again, we witnessed the sad spectacle of a parliamentary debate on how to buttress democracy being degraded into a partisan confrontation.

The misunderstanding and suspicion between political parties only benefits those who feed on the complete discrediting of the political system.

Those who chose to vote “no” and “present” at Wednesday’s debate on an amendment to block convicted individuals from running in elections lessened its legitimacy

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