Dr. Aaron Lerner
IMRA
05 November 09
"If you are in power with the responsibility for the future of the People on your shoulders and if you are convinced that it is the correct path don't hesitate. Don't knowingly make the wrong decision only because you found yourself saying something in the heat of the election campaign. In any case in the next elections you will face the judgment of the public. There will be those who won't vote for you because you were ostensibly disloyal, and there will be those who will vote for you because of your wisdom and courage."
Yossi Beilin - column in Yisrael Hayom - 2 November 2009
The purpose of the democratic process is to enable the electorate to impact policy.
Yossi Beilin's view of the democratic process is that politicians should have no qualms getting elected on one platform and implementing another - so long as they are willing to risk getting the boot.
Beilin unintentionally presents a powerful argument for the need for national referendums to approve agreements involving territorial concessions.
That's the only way to insure that the public's will is ultimately honored.
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