The Indian constitution too gives the President the power to pardon someone convicted. However, the Supreme Court has since clarified that this power is not absolute, and the court can subject it to a judicial review. ( https://compass.rauias.com/current-affairs/pardoning-powers-... ).
You're comparing our (flawed) democracy with a fake democracy.
Parent poster was considering ways on how to limit abuse of a certain political power, and I thought they may be interested on how other countries handle it. (Not though that I am not sure our indian approach is necessarily right - the Supreme Court of India is considering the Presidential powers of pardon only as a remedy to some judicial injustice / miscarriage. But sometimes there can be a political reason too, to pardon somebody. For example, someone cited the Lincoln example of pardoning the confederates. Legally, that may not be sound (ignoring crimes committed by them) but politically such things may be necessary to heal a society and create politically stability. And in such cases, the judiciary is not the right institution to make a judgement call on whether a political pardon was right or not.)
Honest question- which one is fake?
At this point in time? Both
What about two years ago?
Is it a democracy if there are only two parties? Is it a democracy if people vote to chose electors, not for the actual candidate?
One can argue China is a democracy, they have elections as well.
> Is it a democracy if there are only two parties? Is it a democracy if people vote to chose electors, not for the actual candidate?
I don't see why not
> You're comparing our (flawed) democracy
Sweet child. It was never a full democracy, I'd qualify it as a developing democracy, depending on how much damage this administration does, and when does USA enact the urgent reforms needed to transform into a full-fledged democracy.
Right now it's an oligarchy, capitalism as a political system. Money is a crucial component of campaigns, bribery is rampant, impunity becomes progressively less subtle. It had good PR after WW2 though, but reality hasn't matched the propaganda.
I say it from another eroding democracy, it seems like true democracies are incompatible with populous countries.