It takes great courage, self control, ethics, and patience to lose an election, especially if losing means that one will no longer have a job that one really loved.
New democracies often have a first president who believes that he is the ONLY possible leader of his people. When this leader loses his first election, he may refuse to give up power. He can not believe that "his people" actually voted him out of office.
Losing an election, and accepting the loss, is the ONLY way for a true democracy to function.
If only one party ALWAYS wins the election, there is no longer a true democracy, as there is not a real choice for the voters.
It is also not possible to have a true democracy unless there is an independent court system, which decides court cases bases on law and facts, and not on the political beliefs of the participants.
Democracy is hard work. Losing an election and leaving office is the hardest part.
It is sad that so many new democracies lack leaders with the courage to accept defeat in an election.
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