Of course, appeals to “stability” are nothing new from authoritarian governments. As Pakistan’s then-president, Pervez Musharraf, dismissively put it when I visited Islamabad as Japan’s defense minister, “Democracy?
当然，“稳定”诉求决非独裁政府的新鲜事。当年我作为日本防卫大臣访问巴基斯坦时，时任总统穆沙拉夫不屑一顾地说：“民主？我对它一清二楚。”