MARCH OF THE MONARCHY

Citizens of all nations must strive to keep the republic

Ideals of a republic are under assault, threatened by authoritarian impulses.

In Summary
  • Trump reminds us that despotic and authoritarian impulses are not uniquely African or North Korean or Chinese or Russian traits.
  • Liberty, democratic rights and constitutional order are not inviolable or irreversible conditions.
by DR. ALEX AWITI Vice Provost of Aga Khan University
Columnists
08 October 2019 - 04:00

As he walked out of what is today known as the Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked if the framers had created a monarchy or a republic. “A republic” he replied and ...

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