In such a lawful constitutional regime, universal suffrage and the presence of
numerous parties probably are the best guarantees to ensure that the assembly
of elected representatives is as representative of the people as it practically can
be. Hence, ‘democracy’—interpreted as a constitutional device for electing
genuine representatives—appears to be an unqualified good thing and an
effective safeguard of the rule of law and the rights and freedoms of people.
However, that principle of ‘democratic’ representation has nothing to do with
the Hobbesian democracy that we have today.