Is democracy a resolution for the middle-east? Perhaps most importantly, a parliamentary system could address the huge task of creating democratic and effective political parties better than presidentialism would. Fortunately, some Egyptian democratic activists and theorists are already debating the parliamentary alternative. In that case, Egypt's first free and fair election could create a constituent assembly that would immediately provide a democratic base for the government, as well as a means to amend or rewrite the constitution.
According to Matt Welch, an editor in chief of Reason magazine:
"When we talk of democratic systems, we mean, without ambiguity, genuine democracy," the declaration states. "Democracy is based on respect of all rights for all the people, including freedom of thought and expression, and the right to organize under the umbrella of effective political institutions, with an elected legislature, an independent judiciary, a government that is subject to both constitutional and public accountability, and political parties of different intellectual and ideological orientations. This genuine democracy requires guaranteed freedom of expression in all its forms, topmost among which is freedom of the press, and audio-visual and electronic media."
Democracy can create freedom in egypt because the people who empower there leaders can limit there powers to limit freedom. I believe that the future will show us if democracy is really the best resolution to effort peace in the middle-east. It is at least a step in the right direction to break out of the regime they had under Mubarak.
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