OPINION
In the Face of an Uphill Road
One of the noble duties of the President is to usher in a fair and transparent election to produce representatives of the people and new president who truly serve the people.

Developed countries in the West, which are also known as a model of modern democracy, have increasingly experienced a growing demographic diversity for the last three decades in terms of ethnicity, language and religion. This has mainly been driven by immigration flow.
The plurality of ethnic identity, which should be a source of pride as a democratic country that upholds universal human values, has shifted to be viewed negatively by some groups, thus generating ultranationalist anti-immigrant sentiments toward colored people. These colored immigrants demand equal rights, both as fellow human beings and as legally recognized citizens.
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