A dictator is no less of a dictator because he is placed in power by a majority of voters. If a political leader believes that his party’s control of a majority of parliamentary seats means he can do what he pleases, regardless of the interests of minorities, then this is no longer a liberal democracy, but something called majoritarian democracy, because there are no constraints on the exercise of power. A liberal democracy is governed by the rule of law, and the rights of minorities are…
