The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Former Iraqi Deputy PM Gives Up on Democracy: A Demagogic Process That Leads to Corruption Speaking on Baghdad TV on June 10, former Iraqi Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Salam Al-Zaubai said that "in a country infected with sectarianism, democracy and elections bolster sectarianism and disintegration" and that "democracy is a stupid and demagogic process when it is meant to crush the elites."

Former Iraqi Deputy PM Gives Up on Democracy: A Demagogic Process That Leads to Corruption Speaking on Baghdad TV on June 10, former Iraqi Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Salam Al-Zaubai said that "in a country infected with sectarianism, democracy and elections bolster sectarianism and disintegration" and that "democracy is a stupid and demagogic process when it is meant to crush the elites." The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Meanwhile in the middle east...