D. N. Vercáriâ
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(last post: March 15, 2008 - 16:51)
Citizen #26:
Dieter N Vercáriâ | Catchy headline, eh?
> > > > Personally, I think we should not worry about instituting the Senats. Maybe even abolish it outright and work unicamerally permanently. We're not large enough, and wont be in the forseeable future.
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> > > Hear, hear!
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> > Yeah.
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> The main argument for the Senäts that I can see is that it would give an added dimension to Parlamînt. Firstly, people grumble about the "party list" voting system for the Deputies - the Senators would be elected as individuals. In addition, all Senators would be distinguished by long service in the Republic. I do like the idea of a sober upper house of semi-retired politicians acting to advise and warn the young hotheads in the Chamber.
Who are not sober? For shame!
> If we were to abolish the Senats, then I would certainly support a shift to STV for the Chamber, so that we could have some legislators elected as individuals. Another idea to consider would be whether we needed a provincial basis for an upper house, or whether it could be elected on some other basis.
We could of course introduce an unicameral parliament in which half of the Deputies are directly elected representants of the Provinces. In the bicameral picture it's hard to explain why Senators should be elected by the Provinces, if the job of the Senäts isn't even remotely related to provincial affairs. "Because some people grumble about the party list voting system" is not a sufficiently good reason, IMHO.
- Dieter
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