<p class="title">Democracy is one of the best political system in the world. Unfortunately, there are instances of political system failing to become voice of the people in the country. There is a need to review the political system in the country, said former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was speaking at an interaction with the students during first edition of St Aloysius Pre-University Model United Nations (SAPMUN) 2019 held at Loyola Hall of the college on Sunday.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Parliament session</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hegde said in 2014, Parliament Sessions were held only for 14 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it failed to discuss the problems faced by the people in the country. Nearly Rs 10 crore is spent on each day of the Parliament session. Between 2004-09, out of 543 Parliamentarians, only 175 of them had actively taken part in the discussions in the Parliament, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Is the participation of a handful of Parliamentarians in the debate sufficient to look into the problems faced by the entire country? he asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Youth should imbibe humantarian values in their lives by respecting the rights of other individuals, former Lokayukta said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The real democracy will be implemented only when people with humanitarian values and respect for others enter politics, Hegde added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When country gained Independence, there were discussions on what kind of political system should be adopted and finally democracy was adopted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the same time there were discussions on education qualification to contest elections. Many had opposed the idea to fix education qualification to contest the election as about 80% of the population at the time of Independence was illiterate. Now, the political system has deteriorated in the country, he lamented.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The United Nations had responded to the global problems and has worked for the welfare of the victims of world war.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">‘UN not democractic’</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, all the countries do not have representation in United Nations. Hence, United Nations is not democratic in real sense, he felt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SAPMUN was an educational simulation activity based on the working model of the United Nations that aimed at fostering a diplomatic zeal among the students of high school, pre-university and undergraduate level by providing them a platform to discuss and role-play as the delegates of different nations.</p>
<p class="title">Democracy is one of the best political system in the world. Unfortunately, there are instances of political system failing to become voice of the people in the country. There is a need to review the political system in the country, said former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was speaking at an interaction with the students during first edition of St Aloysius Pre-University Model United Nations (SAPMUN) 2019 held at Loyola Hall of the college on Sunday.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Parliament session</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hegde said in 2014, Parliament Sessions were held only for 14 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it failed to discuss the problems faced by the people in the country. Nearly Rs 10 crore is spent on each day of the Parliament session. Between 2004-09, out of 543 Parliamentarians, only 175 of them had actively taken part in the discussions in the Parliament, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Is the participation of a handful of Parliamentarians in the debate sufficient to look into the problems faced by the entire country? he asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Youth should imbibe humantarian values in their lives by respecting the rights of other individuals, former Lokayukta said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The real democracy will be implemented only when people with humanitarian values and respect for others enter politics, Hegde added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When country gained Independence, there were discussions on what kind of political system should be adopted and finally democracy was adopted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the same time there were discussions on education qualification to contest elections. Many had opposed the idea to fix education qualification to contest the election as about 80% of the population at the time of Independence was illiterate. Now, the political system has deteriorated in the country, he lamented.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The United Nations had responded to the global problems and has worked for the welfare of the victims of world war.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">‘UN not democractic’</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, all the countries do not have representation in United Nations. Hence, United Nations is not democratic in real sense, he felt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SAPMUN was an educational simulation activity based on the working model of the United Nations that aimed at fostering a diplomatic zeal among the students of high school, pre-university and undergraduate level by providing them a platform to discuss and role-play as the delegates of different nations.</p>