[diggan]

This is generally called "representative democracy" and is mostly what people talk about when they talk about "democracy" in public conversations. The alternative is "direct democracy" and while it exists (like in Switzerland), it isn't nearly as common, sadly.

But representative democracy still is democracy.

[fdfgyu]

This is not representative democracy. This is, at best, buffered representative democracy.

Arcane electoral rules make for weak representatives who gather power by making back room deals.

The real (but not constitutional) power lies in the commission that is appointed, not elected, and has been vacuuming power to itself in increasing amounts.