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Introduction
It is generally acknowledged that there are three models for the ordering of
human society:
• Christian Democracy, based on a Biblical Life and World View, and operating
according to by a leadership coalition based on the model of unity-in-diversity
with the enactment of charters of individual as well as cultural, religious and
language community rights (Consociational Democracy)
• Liberal democracy, operating according to the Westminster liberal democratic
ideal of the winner takes all
• Socialist Democracy, operating as an interventionist state that meddles in the
internal affairs of communities and organs of civil society
At the end of this document it is shown to what extent the Human Rights Charter
of the Constitution of SA, 1996 is in conflict with the dictates of Christian
governance.
Christian governance is the only guarantee for the protection of diverse
communities and the individual from the state’s abuse of public power.
The characteristics of governance according to Christian principles are as listed:
4. The Church:
• Is a religious institution of organised worship by Christian communities
• Has a special duty to teach the Word of God
• Has a specific duty to proclaim the Kingdom of God as being in heaven as
well as on earth
• Should exercise its prophetic responsibility towards proclaiming, directing,
instructing and reprimanding.
5. The state:
• Is a judicial institution and creation of God to ensure order and exercise
justice
• Is an institution that should create the prerequisites for the protection of
human kind, its institutions and the organs of state
• Should divide power according to the responsibility of each organ of civil
society, as well as of organs of state (the executive, the legislative, the
administrative and the judicial)
• Should govern according to just laws
• Should protect and advance the development of disadvantaged persons or
categories of persons.
• Should protect the right to life, including the life of the unborn child.
• May only in extreme circumstances relating to the public interest disown
owners of their property rights
• In the formulation of just laws to consult with organs of civil society and
organised communities in terms of aspects of its unique existence
8. Jurisprudence:
• Should observe international and customary law, in as much as it is not in
conflict with the Charters of Individual and of Community Rights
• Must recognise indigenous laws and practices as the internal right of
traditional communities structured according to their own religious
direction and cultural orientation
11. Penitentiaries:
• Are institutions where people are separated from society for the protection
of society
• Offenders should be punished in relation to the seriousness of the crime
but then accompanied by religious, educational and psychological
programmes exercised by trained and qualified persons (including clergy),
with the purpose to rehabilitate them with the purpose to reintegrate them
into society
• The link between an offender and the family is important
Conclusion
Copy rights are reserved by Dr. JCH Landman until such time that it is accepted as a
working document of an Alliance of parties that wished to promote Christian
democracy.
Pretoria,
2009-05-06