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question 3
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(a) What is authority?
(b) Highlight five ways by which citizens can participate in politics.
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This was a popular question and the candidates who answered it performed averagely. They really had a good idea of the question. However, a few candidates performed poorly in the part ‘b’. The candidates were expected to write the following points as answers to the question:
(a) Authority is the legal right to make and enforce laws which the citizens must obey.
(b) (i) By belonging to political parties;
(ii) by contesting elections;
(iii) by sponsoring political parties;
(iv) by voting in elections;
(v) by acting as party agents;
(vi) by attending political rallies;
(vii) by holding political posts;
(viii) by acting as election observers/monitors;
(ix) by holding political discussions/campaigns;
(x) by participating in strikes, boycotts and demonstrations;
(xi) by communicating with political office-holders through memos, letters and petitions;
(xii) by supporting candidates for elections. |
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