[governance] In Multistakeholderism, those who would be Lobbyists become Legislators, & nobody else has a vote

[Norbert Klein]

On 10/24/2012 9:12 AM, Paul Lehto wrote:
> The subject line says it most succinctly: In Multistakeholderism, 
> those who would be Lobbyists become Legislators, & nobody else has a 
> vote.
>
> In a democracy, it is a scandal that lobbyists have so much influence 
> that they even write the drafts of laws.  But in multistakeholder 
> situations they take that scandal to a whole new level:  those who 
> would be lobbyists in a democracy (corporations, experts, civil 
> society) become the legislators themselves, 

No.

There is not only ONE stakeholder who becomes THE legislator - but there 
are MULTI stakeholders. In the absence and impossibility of taking 
universal votes on IG issues, I am not surprised about - and I share - 
the opinion of many that multi-stakeholder systems are the most 
practical ones that avoid that ONE stakeholder decides everything, and 
gives many opinions access to public discussion, even while decisions 
are organized not as a result of a vote in a multi-stakeholder forum.

Norbert Klein
Phnom Penh/Cambodia

> and dispense with all public elections and not only write the laws but 
> pass them, enforce them, and in some cases even set up courts of 
> arbitration that are usually conditioned on waiving the right to go to 
> the court system set up by democracies.
>
> A vote is just a minimum requirement of justice. Without a vote, law 
> is just force inflicted by the wealthy and powerful. 
> Multistakeholderism is a coup d'etat against democracy by those who 
> would merely be lobbyists in a democratic system.  So yes, I think it 
> is misleading at best to use the word "democratic" in reference to 
> multistakeholder systems.
>
> Paul R. Lehto, J.D.
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