Free Elections Are Not Free
This American talks a lot of sense. Under "free election", you are asking people who do not understand national issues to choose their leaders to run the country. It is a recipe for disaster. https://www.quora.com/If-the-PR-China-government-is-so-confident-that-the-people-support-it-why-don-t-they-allow-regular-free-and-fair-elections-to-confirm-this-and-legitimize-their-rule/answer/Carl-Johnson-50