While The Country reviewed in its online edition of January 28, 2011, I find the letter from a reader named Joaquin Guadaño, published under the title "Iceland, a democracy real. " I read and reread and think about the issue of comparisons: the H and Tunisia, or the H and Iceland, as you want. But better reproduce the letter and so just mysteries, and the doubts that may also view the original site by clicking here .
Iceland, a real democracy
Iceland is probably the only country in the world, along with Tunisia, which has seen its government because of the crisis, and in both cases by the reaction of the people on the street.
Icelanders, while achieving the resignation of the entire Government, also on the basis of pan, have been a referendum in which they have shown a resounding "no" to the conditions that the Government negotiated with creditors for repayment debt (Only 1.8 of the voters favored the agreed conditions.) And to top this rebirth of real democracy, the country is undergoing a constitutional process in which citizens participate directly .
And all thanks to the peaceful popular pressure. If you complete the process will be the first constitution in history not written by an elite connected to the dominant power . Perhaps naive, but maybe something is changing. Should we go bankrupt or be engulfed in an oppressive dictatorship for the imposition of the common sense of citizenship? Will it not worth the crisis or glory, or will serve to take a step forward desired by all?
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