I would settle for a dictator if he got the job done. Democracy is a luxury that is enjoyed after the dictator departs the scene as he is no longer required.
You can see that in Russian history with Stalin and the dictatorship of the Communist party ditto China. England with Cromwell as dictator. Churchill during war time England was a dictator. I would not want to Bharat's communist into power. That would be plain disasterous.
Dictatership if it has not been written into Western constitutions are informed by the ancient Roman Senate's injunction to the Proconsol to take all necessary measures to protect the state. The European Commission on Human Rights has much the same written into their provisions.
Indira Gandhi's declaration of the 1977 emergency might be hotly disputed, but it goes against all reason to oppose emergency in principle. The more charitatble view is that Bharat's constitution framers like novice lawyers failed to comprehend what real exercise of power entails. It means that the dictator in the special circumstances of a national emergency has a right to make mistakes for the good of the country. I hope the armed forces understand this very clearly because I do not expect the armed forces to stand idly by in such situations.
