In a Democracy should the people have the right to kill their leaders?

[BALIK]

Democracy does not mean killing people at all. It is not democratic to kill leaders even if they are wrong. If leaders do not fulfill their duties towards their constituents, they can be removed through democracy, but no one has the right to kill them only after they committed crimes and after a fair trial. The Libyans killed their leader Gaddafi with all Brutality Do you consider this a democracy? Regardless of whether Gaddafi is a good leader or not, it is not democratic or fair to kill him in this way unless he is tried and proven to be a criminal and his sentence is carried out only by the competent authorities and he should not be killed by the people in any way.

Right, Democracy means the rule of the people, in a democratic state, all people are equal in terms of political rights and in the eyes of the law. But of course, they have to be under a ruler.

Not everyone's opinion is the same, In some cases, the opinion of the ruler may not be liked. In some cases, it is seen that in a democratic country, the leader is establishing a dictatorship by seizing all the power in his own hands. He is not giving the people the right to vote. But that's not to say that the ruler should be killed for being aggressive.

No democratic country has supported such violence or given the people this right. I have said in the first line that democracy is the rule of the people, equal rights in all matters. But equal rights do not mean that they have the right to kill or to take the law into their own hands.

[cabron]

As much as we don't want anyone to get killed. Several country leaders were actaully killed by their people in the name of democracy. Gaddafi and Saddam are just two that died after a coup. Technically, a group of people having a coup against their leader means, the leader is not thier leader anymore but it's removing a leader to put another leader that they want in the name of democracy so yep it's democracy. They also do this in the US by impeachment so it's democratic still. It's interesting why they didn't kill that guy because right now he is coming back to bite thier asses again.

[Agbe]

If i am not mistaken, one of the democratic rights of every citizen both to the regular citizen and their leaders who are individuals as well is the right to life. That right to life can only be taken from an individual when they have unlawfully taken the life of another or have committed a gruesome offence. If this individual is a leader, and democracy is true, the rule of law will prevail and his/her right to life can be withdrawn. In such a situation, the people have the right to kill their leader.

Now the question is that, when the so call leaders killed another human unlawfully, can the people have the right to kill him ? Because base on the Democratic principle of right to life, a people were killed unlawfully.

How do you justify that?


As for me, the people have the right to kill their leader if he faults and disobeys the law by taking another person life unlawfully.

Democracy is the government of the people by the people and for the people. Another question again. Who are the people in a democratic setting? Are you among the people?

I believe no country in the whole world practices the real or true democracy, it is a camouflage to oligarchy.

If the real democracy is practiced, the people have the right to kill their leaders.