Answer:
Criticism of Democracy
(a) A country where all the citizens have a right to vote and elections are held regularly can certainly be called democratic, because the basic conditions are being fulfilled.
(b) Democratic countries are generally welfare states. If a country reduces expenses on education and health it will definitely harm the people. Since all the international agencies apply certain conditions while giving loans, the country does not become undemocratic.
(c) In a multi-lingual country making any one language as the official language or national language is a complicated .situation. In democracy, people should enjoy the freedom to have education in (their own language.
(d) The country is not democratic because the people are not allowed to hold peaceful demonstrations or oppose government policies. Their right to freedom of speech and peaceful demonstration is denied.
(e) A country which imposes censorship of both print and electronic media is undemocratic because freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental right of the people in a democracy. In democracy, people are free to express their views about the policies of the government.
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