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Originally Posted by Catfish
 
So you say members of the same family can become the leading persons or president again and again, over 30 years, and more.
For me it looks as if other probably more competent persons are effectively hindered to get a chance to become president, by an election system very much alike the "Kurfuersten" in Germany some hundred years ago. Where certain aristocratic and rich influential people were allowed to choose ..
For me this looks like "family throne succession"  |
I imagine a lot of what we do here in the Land of the Free sounds strange to you foreigners.
What laws in Germany prevent say relatives of Merkel or Kohl etc from seeking their predecessors office?