From: | "Mark Antell, editor CitizenPowerMagazine.net" <citizenp(at)citizenpowermagazine.net> |
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Date: | Sun, 20 May 2007 08:56:43 -0400 |
Subject: | Response to PVR - Regarding rule by representatives |
Dear All,
Continuing from my previous letter, an important matter to be decided
before we formulate a mission statement is to decide whether by aiming
at Direct Democracy, we are doing away with the concept of 'rule by
representatives'. This particular view is held by some advocates of
DD. While this may be the ideal theoretical goal, it may be nearly
impossible in practice. We need to put our trust into somebody to take
care of our concerns. This is the natural order of things in life.
What we need is to have a mechanism where our representatives are
directly accountable to the people and can be recalled at any time if
sufficient people feel so. I request that members express their views
regarding this since this is important to formulate a workable mission
statement.
PVR