A statesman believes that political power comes from the people and that entrusted power should be used for the enrichment of the people and nation.A dictatorial political leader, however, believes that political power can be won or usurped by force and used to establish an authoritarian government.
An undemocratic leader believes in the art of false leadership. The undemocratic leader bulldozes his way to secure political power from the people and will go to any length to maintain such power.
Very often the border-line between an undemocratic political system and that of a dictatorial system overlaps.
It is not surprising then for an undemocratic politician to walk through the corridors of power of an authoritarian government.
Such different kinds of leadership and political system are based on the value system a leader adopts as explained in my earlier articles.
In Malaysia, we have a number of political leaders who practise the undemocratic system where all kinds of malpractices are the hallmarks of their governance.
Over a period of time this bad system will become worse when it turns into an undemocratic-dictatorial government and then, if unchecked, could turn into a worst kind – the undemocratic-despotic rule.
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