WAEC Government 2010 Objective — Question 6

Question 6 of 49 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Government 2010 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

A situation where all the citizens meet in an open place to govern the state is called

A. A. direct democracyCorrect
B. B. electoral college
C. C. representative democracy
D. D. guided democracy

Explanation

In direct democracy, the people exercise their governing powers directly through their active participation in the affairs of the state. The citizens come together in an open place to discuss the issues concerning their society - they are 'citizens' governors' who are at one and the same time subject to political authority and the creators of public rules and regulation. This was the type of democracy practised in ancient Greece.

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