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India could be China if there was less democracy: Mahathir
Saturday December 03, 2011 08:40:47 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Former
Malaysian prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad Friday said India
could be China in terms of economic success if it was "less
democratic" and remarked "sometimes democracy can paralyse
decision-making".
"India would be like China if it was little less democratic,"
Mohamad said.
His remarks assume significance in the wake of the ongoing logjam
in parliament over foreign equity in multi-brand retail, which has
left the house paralysed for 9 days.
He was speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here on
"The Challenges of Change in the 21st Century".
The man, widely credited with making Malaysia a part of the "East
Asia Miracle", said democracy was the best form of government but
it was not the easiest to govern as people did not understand the
limitations of democracy.
Mohamad, who transformed Malaysia from being a small rubber
exporting country to an Asian tiger, said India needed a powerful
federal structure with a strong centre but less powerful
provincial governments to be able to make rapid economic progress.
Stating that a closed market had slowed down India's growth, he
said though India has a socialist leaning it has been a democracy
for a long time.
"We can't force countries to accept democracy even if it's the
best form of governance," he said, adding that "it is important
for the world to understand the limitations of democracy".
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