For all the claims of ‘despotism’, ‘dictatorship’, autocracy and the like being bandied about, Barbadians must feel a sense of pride that their democratic institutions, despite any inherent flaws, have served this country well.This has been so especially in the post-independent period. Barbados has been blessed to have leaders and politicians who respect the directives of the people to stay or to go. Long may this last.Of course, there are flaws. But in which democratic jurisdiction are there no institutional inadequacies?
