ELECTIONS ARE THE BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY: TRUTH OR POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

By nature, Human beings cannot live independently alone. Must have to live together with other people, communicate with each other, so society arises. There are many levels of human coexistence as a society. from a small society until a large society is a state or a country which this coexistence It is necessary to have a social order to bring about peace and justice as well as for the advancement of society. It must have the supreme power to control or rule in society. which is called sovereignty in ancient times, human beings believed in the cult of the Sovereign or Deity. Consequently, many countries are governed by monarchy, with the monarch as the exercise of sovereignty. in ruling and administering the country solely but later, the mysticism deteriorated and there was a belief that all the people of the country have common rights in governing and administering the country Thus a democratic regime was born. whereby all people in the country own sovereignty and there is a parliament, an organization where representatives of the elected people come together to govern and administer the country, which the people understand is the beginning of democracy. In fact, nowadays people exercise their right to elect their representatives to run the country, but those representatives do not perform their duties which, in fact, meet the needs of the people. It can be said that these may only be political rhetoric.