Assertion: democracy's citizen | /r/CapableOf | elect representative
Facets:
value: to make laws
type: PURPOSE
value: in indirect representative democracy
type: LOCATION
value: under this system
type: OTHER
value: to make these decisions
type: PURPOSE
value: to manage implementation
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Strictly speaking, modern democracies are generally representative democracies, where citizens elect representatives to manage the creation and implementation of laws, policies, and regulations on their behalf, in contrast to direct democracies in which citizens retain that responsibility.
text: When the citizens elect representatives to vote for them, that is a republic, not a democracy.
text: Under this system, citizens elect representatives to make these decisions for them.
text: Indirect democracy, or representative democracy, is when citizens elect representatives to make laws for them.
text: In indirect, or representative democracy, citizens elect representatives to make laws on their behalf.