U.S. democracy is flagging, rendering people's votes meaningless: Philippine expert

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U.S. democracy is flagging, rendering people's votes meaningless: Philippine expert

STORY: U.S. democracy is flagging, rendering people's votes meaningless: Philippine expert DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE (English): HERMAN TIU LAUREL, Founder of Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies 3. various of the U.S. STORYLINE: A Philippine expert has said that U.S. democracy is flagging in the eyes of the world and rendering the votes of the people meaningless. SOUNDBITE (English): HERMAN TIU LAUREL, Founder of Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies "American democracy has been deteriorating over the past decades. More people, more Americans believe their government serves the minority, not the majority. Now, I think the term democracy is simply from the old Greek name of people and the rule of the people, but it never said how that rule will be formed, what structures. The electoral and so-called democratic process has frozen into two warring parties. It's constant. There is never a compromise, a real compromise,

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