Booing? That proves that democracy is alive and well, says Zuma
'In a country where there is no democracy there will be an angry president charging the police to arrest people but democracy says let the people expresses themselves'
President Jacob Zuma has brushed aside being booed at the Workers Day celebration in Manguang on Monday‚ saying it was merely a reflection of democracy at work. Asked whether he felt rejected by the people after the widely-reported incident‚ Zuma said: "Well‚ well‚ well. I have been hearing comments all over. The problem is that people have not understood how democracy works. You will agree with me that in the countries of dictators there is no protest‚ there is no booing. Protests‚ debates‚ booing is part of the culture of democracy. Unfortunately people misunderstand that and misread it.” He said that in a political democracy people can engage heads of state‚ and can even criticise them and call for their removal. “That's the culture of democracy. If I was one of you I would write a column to educate people about democracy and say how South Africa is democratic. In a country where there is no democracy there will be an angry president charging the police to arrest people but democ...
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