democratic deficit

noun

1. any situation in which there is believed to be a lack of democratic accountability and control over the decision-making process

Example Sentences

Shabana Mahmood said the change will "right the democratic deficit that has been uncovered" by ensuring the Sentencing Council can no longer issue new guidelines without her approval.

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Alliance Party assembly member Sian Mulholland said the "disenfranchisement of our society's young people" has been a "major democratic deficit".

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Sources in the MoJ said the row "does raise questions about the Sentencing Council and democratic deficit".

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The DUP and other unionist parties have argued the vote creates a democratic deficit as the concerns of unionists, who are in the minority at Stormont, can be ignored.

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"That is not just a democratic deficit, it is undemocratic plundering of the Northern Ireland statute book by the EU," he said.

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