- label
- Democratic Mandate Attack
- category
- Legitimacy
- code
- NF-07
- definition
- Argues CSOs have no legitimate right to participate in political processes because they were not elected. Procedural exclusion argument that can be codified into law.
- detection signal
- Official statement questioning CSO right to participate; media questioning CSO representativeness; legislative restriction on CSO political activity
- needs review
- false
- typical claims
- No democratic mandate; not elected; self-appointed; who gave them the right; no citizen base
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