The Summit for Democracy that President Biden is spearheading in December, at which scores of countries will be in in attendance, is certainly timely and necessary. Authoritarian leaders are exploiting the frustration and the deep polarization of their populace where democracy failed to deliver. Even America’s 240-year-old democracy was under ominous assault on January 6, which demonstrates how fragile democracy can be and how difficult is to sustain it, given the insatiable thirst for power by authoritarian-minded leaders. Erdogan’s human rights abuses go beyond the pale of moral bankruptcy. Leading by example and demonstrating that democracy can deliver to the people should become the hallmark of the Summit for Democracy.

Source: Libya Today November 22, 2021 15:50 UTC