Complaints are treated as testimony to the success of democracy

• Outcomes of Democracy (C10)

‘Complaints are treated as testimony to the success of democracy.’ Justify this statement.

Answer

Complaints are treated as testimony:

It shows that people have developed awareness and the ability to expect and to look critically at power holders and the high and the mighty.

A public expression of dissatisfaction with democracy shows the success of the democratic project; It transforms people from the status of a subject into that of a citizen.