Indirect form of democratic selection and nomination of leadership and public officials is mainly identified with Lenin’s concept of democratic centralism. It involves election and nomination of party and public officials from below in a pyramidal structure of party formation, i.e., democratic election and nomination of officials and leadership. However, decisions, orders and policies flow from above downward for implementation, i.e., centralism. Democratic centralism is unique feature of Socialist-Communist party organisations. However, in its pure form, it does not carry multi-partyism or involvement of groups.
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