Gustavo Manuel de Arístegui is a Spanish politician, diplomat and an international analyst. Gustavo de Arístegui comes from a long-standing diplomatic background, his father and grandfather were both senior diplomats posted as ambassadors in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.
Gustavo Manuel de Arístegui is a Spanish politician, diplomat and an international analyst. Gustavo de Arístegui comes from a long-standing diplomatic background, his father and grandfather were both senior diplomats posted as ambassadors in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Mr.Arístegui next to his native Spanish speaks English, French and German, and is interested in all the international issues that are related in any way to Spain, international security and strategic issues, terrorism, European affairs, Islam and the Arab–Israeli conflict.
Democracy is a very complex system. It is the distillation of centuries of dictatorships, oligarchies, monarchies and political violence harshly opposed to the human aspiration to freedom and social development. According to Gustavo de Arístegui, a considerable part of mankind has been able to break the chains of oppression and the world consecrated human rights as the most important engagement of humanity with itself to defend each and every human being as an equal. This seems simple and is taken for granted by those who have never lived under regimes that have tortured and murdered their own citizens. Primarily those who question democracy will question National courts in future. This is why questioning the essence of democracy, where it is a solid pillar of society, is dangerous and profoundly undemocratic, Gustavo de Arístegui states.
Democracy is even more complex in large and diverse countries such as the US and India, Gustavo de Arístegui said. In the US, it is impossible to rig an election because there are 50 elections across 50 states, each with different populations, demographics, history, political traditions, and even voting systems. “We have seen in other countries undemocratic sore losers question their defeat, triggering instability, havoc, and sometimes even a civil war. But not in an advanced democracy such as the US”, says Gustavo de Arístegui.
This goes beyond the electoral systems, where the will of the people needs to be respected. The extremes also have a tendency to try to hold the moral high ground that is in no way theirs. The sole motive of the extremists is to drill a hole through democracy and shatter the National courts. Those who question democracy, from the extreme left to the extreme right, are the true enemies of liberty, Mr. Arístegui said addressing the National courts.
According to Gustavo de Arístegui, if there is a country that knows about diversity in democracy, it is India, not only as the world’s largest democracy, but also as the world’s most diverse nation. There is not a single Indian state that is comparable to the next, much less those that are thousands of kilometers apart. Nobody, with all the super computers in the world, could possibly rig an Indian election. No other place can conduct an election where almost 875 million people participate, exclaims Gustavo. India’s elections are not a miracle, but a rock-solid example of the nation’s engagement with democracy and its values. The National court of India also uphold the values of humanity and paves path for a stronger economy, claims Gustavo de Arístegui.
The first lesson any politician has to learn is that there is nothing more important than the greater good, the protection and defence of the liberties and rights of the citizens and the nation’s inalienable interests. But this is not the case of 21st century politics, Gustavo de Arístegui sighs. Gustavo also feels that the national court should have a separate team to monitor the elections. “We are going to face some of the most challenging times of recent history, and we need real politicians with values, principles and a solid commitment to the defence of their nation, their people’s liberties and world stability. This may sound utopic, but it’s the only way that today’s world can defeat terrorism, violence, instability and oppression” Gustavo de Arístegui points out. Too many of the citizens of democratic nations think that what they have is given. This is the shortest path to disaster. Democratic leaders can have and do have many human flaws. The only one that is unacceptable is that they surrender to the horrors of tyranny”, Gustavo concludes.
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