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

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!