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Rule? The guy wasn't a despot he was the elected president in 2 largely uncontroversial elections. He comes from the political elite as a member of the popular
by yardie 5y ago
Rule? The guy wasn't a despot he was the elected president in 2 largely uncontroversial elections.
He comes from the political elite as a member of the popular Tet Kale party where he eventually won 55% of the vote to become president. He wasn't a dictator, he didn't emerge from a military junta, or as a foreign backed darkhorse candidate. He was just your typical, center-right, Caribbean politician who had to make unpopular choices after taking office.
Until something emerges there is nothing that says this guy deserved assassination. And that is the worrying bit, by all accounts he was popular which means his replacement will be under a great deal of scrutiny.
- permo-w 5y ago>Rule? The guy wasn't a despot he was the elected president in 2 largely uncontroversial elections The word “rule” is not the same as “dictate”. Have you ever heard the phrase “ruling party”?
- yardie 5y agoThen maybe it's a quirk in the American English vernacular. A president presides but never rules. A dictator (or absolute king) rules not dictates. A public speaker dictates but only occasionally speaks. Ruling party is an English term, Americans using majority/minority parties to describe in power and out of power.
- permo-w 5y agoI’m not sure those rules are as hard and fast as you think they are