Thank you for clarifying. Voting directly in this sense is perhaps more democratic than delegation. Whether this system is democratic, though, really comes down to how the committees are run. Before having read the book mentioned, I am skeptical that a “democratic” process should rely so heavily on something as imprecise as a committee.
It’s a bit difficult to say how institutionally robust these meetings are, simply because the DPRK is so artificially closed off from the world.
The Cuban electoral system works roughly similar, with direct elections at all levels of government, mass meetings narrowing down to one candidate, and ratification votes at the end of the process. And we have a much better window into how those work.
Obviously that’s a country on the other side of the world, so we can’t just graft the Cuban experience onto the DPRK, but it can help us be more informed in our speculation
Thank you for clarifying. Voting directly in this sense is perhaps more democratic than delegation. Whether this system is democratic, though, really comes down to how the committees are run. Before having read the book mentioned, I am skeptical that a “democratic” process should rely so heavily on something as imprecise as a committee.
It’s a bit difficult to say how institutionally robust these meetings are, simply because the DPRK is so artificially closed off from the world.
The Cuban electoral system works roughly similar, with direct elections at all levels of government, mass meetings narrowing down to one candidate, and ratification votes at the end of the process. And we have a much better window into how those work.
Obviously that’s a country on the other side of the world, so we can’t just graft the Cuban experience onto the DPRK, but it can help us be more informed in our speculation