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23-07-2015, 07:50 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
........................Mr Han from SPH...
The truth of the matter is that tinkering with different GRC sizes isn't a productive exercise for any party any more.
The only consideration worth retaining is that of ensuring adequate minority representation, and the best way to do this is to revert to how it was first conceived in 1988, with a combination of SMCs and three-member GRCs.
Making all GRCs one size is good for limiting the number of changes that can be made and ensuring that every voter in a GRC faces the same choice of choosing a three-member team. Adjacent GRCs can be combined to form town councils, thus retaining the advantage of size present in existing large GRCs.
With three MPs in every GRC, and with at least one of them from a minority race, the number of GRCs will be determined, not arbitrarily, but by deciding the required minimum number of minority MPs in Parliament.
Hence, if it is thought Singapore should have at least a quarter of them, or 22 in a House of 87 elected representatives, that would mean 22 three-member GRCs and 21 SMCs. This way, the number of GRCs is precisely determined, and not subject to extraneous considerations.
Such a transparent system has a better chance of enduring.............
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?210962-Smaller-GRCs-and-more-SMCs-in-coming-Election&goto=newpost).
........................Mr Han from SPH...
The truth of the matter is that tinkering with different GRC sizes isn't a productive exercise for any party any more.
The only consideration worth retaining is that of ensuring adequate minority representation, and the best way to do this is to revert to how it was first conceived in 1988, with a combination of SMCs and three-member GRCs.
Making all GRCs one size is good for limiting the number of changes that can be made and ensuring that every voter in a GRC faces the same choice of choosing a three-member team. Adjacent GRCs can be combined to form town councils, thus retaining the advantage of size present in existing large GRCs.
With three MPs in every GRC, and with at least one of them from a minority race, the number of GRCs will be determined, not arbitrarily, but by deciding the required minimum number of minority MPs in Parliament.
Hence, if it is thought Singapore should have at least a quarter of them, or 22 in a House of 87 elected representatives, that would mean 22 three-member GRCs and 21 SMCs. This way, the number of GRCs is precisely determined, and not subject to extraneous considerations.
Such a transparent system has a better chance of enduring.............
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?210962-Smaller-GRCs-and-more-SMCs-in-coming-Election&goto=newpost).