Breaking the Deadlock Electoral
Reforms for a Fresh Electoral Process
Two decade old demand shall be
fulfilled through this National Unity Government, call for another national
unity government is a permanently evading tactic.
Quite understandably the
politicians are showing immense resistance to make a shift away from the present
absolute proportionate representative system electoral system (PRS), a system
that ensures a retaining of “seat” in parliament as well as hanging on to the
parliament ruling party status. Strongly opposing minority parties are
noticeably came into effect after PRS came into operation and were non-existent
when First Past the Post System (FPPS) was the absolute criteria for electing
of members and thus have no any experience in facing that type of election and
are frightened at personal defeats, than anything else. Those minority parties,
who clamor for more representation for them, were glamorously dining and
dancing according music to the perpetrators whom vandalized the community they
claim there are representing.
His Excellency and the
Hon. Prime Minister shall closely scrutinize such organizations’ appalling
appeals for more room within electoral process, just to impasse the reforms and decide upon with
the determined attitude of a Nation as a
whole, not for selfishness oriented clamors. Electoral process belongs to the
people, and it is by the people, not for any political parties long before it
is presented to the people however small or big they are. Political Parties
shall demonstrate their wits and will to attract the people and voters rather
than impasse progressive national rationale. It
is not only irresponsible to claim that the voters do not need an electoral reform,
but amounts to brand the voters as fools, as well.
If they cannot come in terms and successfully place them within the expanded scopes of
If they cannot come in terms and successfully place them within the expanded scopes of
1 165
members from single and multi-member constituencies direct elections
2. 60
members from 22 electoral districts based on votes percentage accumulated from
each electoral district off only looser votes count
3. 30
members based on the national percentage accumulated or best looser percentage
based on the direct election of FPPS, they are not fit to be people’s
representatives, through any process.
United National Party Chief Whip’s claim that, electoral reforms that
failed for 13 years and should be a failure through National Unity Government as
well, is absurd and irresponsible claim being the main convener of the National
Unity Government; the United National Party shall realize that the objective of
convening a National Unity Government is to fulfill the civic demands that have
been deadlocked for 20 years and failed by other governments. It has been
pointed out by numerous educationists and civic societies the present electoral
process is an antisocial mechanism, and it is the UNP government which enacted
this more or less an autocratic electoral process, that makes the narrow minded
selfish ends to be met so easily. The same UNP have been given a golden
opportunity through a National Unity Government to rectify this once and for
all, if they cannot rectify in this opportunity, it proves that they are all
out in a witty mission of evading it forever. Moreover it is the
responsibility of the Independent Election Commission to evolve the more
suitable electoral process of the country and recommend it to parliament, is
the appropriate method in good governance, and again it is the UNP who broke
that tradition as well. Electoral
reforms and originating electoral process is for the voters who demands it for
more than 20 years and it is the responsibility of all political parties to
favourably respond to it because it is voters who vote to elect their
representatives using that process, having done that meet the people in an
election to use your wits and knowledge to attract the voters in favour, that
is the right spirit of all political parties!
