The culture of Maximum Leaders (Dr. Ghany, Dec 2005)

In this column about the culture of Maximum Leaders Dr. Ghany says that "Given the nature of our political culture, this kind of open disagreement is alien to our political process of maximum leadership and the measurement of loyalty by the degrees of public silence over internal political difficulties by party members.The right to criticise and to openly express political dissent without penalty is more akin to the American system of primary elections, where party colleagues literally tear each other’s views apart to seek their party’s nomination for various offices, before becoming unified in the face of the ensuing general election."