The 2009 Iranian elections were mired in a accusations of irregularities and voter fraud, but with the election of Hassan Rouhani and his platform of “hope and prudence”, the 2013 elections were a different experience.
The ongoing protests across Turkey, stretching from May 28, show there is ample evidence of a flourishing culture of democracy in the country. They also highlight a worrying counter trend.
People across Pakistan have come out to exercise their democratic right to vote in elections for a new national assembly and four provincial assemblies, despite sporadic violence and two bomb blasts near some of the polling stations
Last month there were revelations about the EU Parliament IT system, and the arbitrary way in which email blocks on legitimate topics can be implemented with lighting speed.
What Israel badly needs is genuine political leadership of the sort that doesn’t shy away from speaking truth to power. So how did it do in the elections?