Make Citizens Watch Group and Citizens Parliaments in Democracies

The conditions prevailing in different democratic countries from US to India confirm that democracy itself is not enough to run a country on principles of equality, justice and freedom. Some of the various facts that make democracy ineffective are as follows:

1.     All people are not educated and so not able to make correct choice. In India, large number of people are illiterate, poor and backward and either they submit to others dictates or cast vote on caste and communal lines

2.     The crime and corruption has infiltrated the society, political parties and government institutions.

3.     The governments remain kind to corrupt and criminal

4.     The honest people and human rights activists are marginalized and persecuted.

5.     The governments remain blind to atrocities committed by police and security agencies.

6.     The communal, caste and fundamentalist organizations have infiltrated government, judiciary, media, police and security agencies in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

It must not be hoped there are good or bad political parties and we can change the situation by voting some good party to power, as these are same people who belong to same class, same families interconnected through marriage alliances and they have same values and same selfish interests as we have seen here in India in last 68 years.

But fortunately in every country there is a section of educated and enlightened people who don’t believe in communalism, caste and fundamentalism and who believe in humanity, equality and human rights of all people. But fortunately in every country there is a section of educated and enlightened people who don’t believe in communalism, caste and fundamentalism and who believe in humanity, equality and human rights of all people. These people use to take their stand singly or in small groups.

So in every country, it is needed educated, enlightened, humanist people make Citizens Watch Group and Citizens Parliaments because racist, communal, caste and fundamentalist are actively trying to infiltrate and dominate every institution. These Citizens Watch Groups and Citizens Parliaments will become model for masses and will be helpful in making them informed citizens.

This Citizens Watch Group must also have Inner Watch Group to identify and discard racist, communal, caste and fundamentalist who will try to infiltrate and dominate and hijack their struggle. Only the people who are essentially liberal, democratic and humanist must be the members and office bearers of this Citizen Watch Group and Citizens Parliaments in every state.

Corruption is one and not sole reason to do partiality and injustice. The ideologies and racist, communal, caste and fundamentalist views are the main reason where the doer may be honest in himself but submits to do partiality and injustice.

So such Citizen Watch Group and Citizens Parliaments must be organized at national and state level. The Citizens Watch Groups will keep watch over highest offices of governance and judiciary at national and state. The Citizens Parliaments will discuss various relevant issues and will draft and pass model Acts and then in near or remote future these may be adopted and passed by governments and political parties in Parliaments and Assemblies of the country. These Watch Groups and Parliaments will document and publish their observations, views and remedies compiled annually and available online.