A former Commonwealth secretary-general says Pacific Island countries shouldn't be pushed too abruptly in their democratic development.
Sir Don McKinnon last night delivered the latest in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Lecture series in Wellington.
In his lecture 'Dark Clouds Over Democracy', Sir Don said democracy was facing big challenges but that it still offered a system everyone could participate in.
He spoke afterwards to Johnny Blades who asked him how he felt about the current state of democracy in the Pacific.
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