Question

Which one of the following situations is 'democratic'?

• A. General Pinochet, an Army General of Chile, led a coup and became a President of the country.
• B. In China, the communist party always wins in elections and forms the government.
• C. The government led by Jaruzelski in Poland, imposed martial law and imprisoned thousands of solidarity members who went to strike.
• D. The African National Congress of South Africa drew up a Constitution which gave most extensive rights to its citizens.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The African National Congress of South Africa drew up a Constitution which gave most extensive rights to its citizens.

After the emergence of the new democratic South Africa, black leaders appealed to fellow blacks to forgive the whites for the atrocities they had committed while in power. They said let us build a new South Africa based on equality of all races and men and women, on democratic values, social justice and human rights. The party that ruled through oppression and brutal killings and the party that led the freedom struggle sat together to draw up a common constitution.