Minor and Minority Political Parties on the Path of Kamikaze and Hara-kiri  by asking for Double Ballot Paper

Double Ballot Paper – a Double  sword of Damocles hang over  the Heads of Minor Political Parties

The minor political parties on course for a crash by their own action of demanding double ballot paper of one vote each. Neither double votes on a single ballot paper nor the double ballot papers with single vote each would help their cause.  Both will plunge those parties down to the bottom.

By demanding for double ballot paper in the new electoral process minor political parties are performing a hara-kiri and kamikaze – further favouring the major political parties particularly SLFP and UNP, both carrying more than 75% of the voter capacity.  These minor political parties were never in preparation for a change that has been on the cards since 2002 despite representing parliament, where parliament select committee was working out for a change, fancying that there would be never a change.  Now they have come out with a demand, what they think as a magic Mantra to increase their chance of winning more members, without analyzing deeply of their vulnerability towards disastrous consequences; because of double votes (Not Ballot Papers) is practiced in Germany and New Zealand the same cannot become a good one or issue resolving remedy by Sri Lankan standards. Further the standards, thinking, situations and applications methods are entirely different in those countries to that of prescribed proposals for Sri Lanka.

  

 Both are of no any foreseen advantageous to any minor political parties!

 What will happen if double ballot paper is adopted in Sri Lanka?

1.      Considering the voter capacity of both major political parties UNP and SLFP, if majority community voters decides to vote Mr. X of UNP in the polling division (PD) and cast the electoral district (ED) vote to SLFP, similarly it can happen vice versa and just 50% of those present floating votes of SLFP and UNP enough to set aside all the minor political parties (Minor PP) to ensure a sweeping victories to those major political parties

2.      Similarly a famous personality of any Minor Political Party may receive a vote in the PD and the relevant ED vote may go to a Major Political Party, again the Minor Political Party would be in losing cause. This can also happen vice versa and the candidate of Minor Political Party will be at the receiving end of defeat.

3.      A fight similar to, preferential vote may ensue, by virtue of above two a situations.

4.      JHU though do not benefit from the electoral reforms working for the reforms right from the start and with double ballot paper their policy is being uphold definitely,  a situation will not ( or cannot) oppose.

5.      Either PD vote or ED vote may not be used both the situation detrimental to all Minor Political Parties

6.      There is no any foreseen advantage over the single voting as it double acts for two purposes, since the single vote in double ballot paper would not count twice as it targets for two different purposes. 

 Single voting system is so simple easy to understand, interpretation as of party is definite  and every political party irrespective of Minor Political Parties or Major political parties have control over their respective voter capacity.