In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of thefour alternatives. The chasm ______________ the needs of the people who struggle ______________ survival, action and inaction by representatives, and lack ofremedial justice has compromised representative democracy _________________. Defections from one party to another indicate_______________ of the basic obligations of representatives, even ___________ their own people starve. The chasm ______________ the needs of the people

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