Paddy, the Prince of Bosnia ... ; the Former Leader of the Lib Dems Can Sack Judges and Politicians On a Whim. Is This Really the Way to Teach Democracy to a Divided Land?
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One of the consequences of international interventionism is that powerful countries such as Britain can offload their failed politicians on to weak ones.
This is what has happened in Bosnia, which for the past three years has been governed by Paddy Ashdown (now Lord Ashdown), the former leader of the Liberal Democrats who was appointed 'High Representative' in May 2002.See the full content of this document
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Paddy, the Prince of Bosnia ... ; the Former Leader of the Lib Dems Can Sack Judges and Politicians On a Whim. Is This Really the Way to Teach Democracy to a Divided Land?
Although he was never appointed to a Government position in this country, Paddy has ruled Bosnia like a colonial governor since then.
Drawing a salary of Pounds 140,000 a year, he has the right to sack elected politicians and judges, to impose laws, to change the constitution and to force the country's three peoples to live together in ways they fiercely resist. Yet he was never democratically elected to this job, and he is not even a...See the full content of this document
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