Power sharing helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups. Power sharing ensures the stability of political order as social conflict often leads to violence and political instability. Tyranny of the majority is not only oppressive for the minority but it also brings ruin to the majority. The very spirit of democracy is power sharing. A democratic rule involves sharing power with those affected by its exercise, and who have to live with its effects. People have a right to be consulted on how they are to be governed. A legitimate government is one where citizens, through participation, acquire a stake in the system. The very act of power sharing is valuable.