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6.
This option envisages letting the 1995 elections If the election results are
run their natural course.
such that not more than 12 foreigners are elected, and this remains the case when the PC vets the legislature for 1997, then all well and good. If the 20% quota is exceeded, then some yardsticks will have to be devised to determine who amongst the foreigners are to be disqualified.
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the
Thus, for example, if there are 15 foreigners,
PC's
task will be to decide which 3 should be
disqualified. Some possible yardsticks are:
(a) By percentage of votes received
The 3 legislators who in 1995 received the lowest percentage of votes in their respective constituencies will be disqualified.
Pros: It respects voters' choice.
Cons:
One is not really comparing like with candidate with a higher percentage of
vote in one constituency is not necessarily
like; a
more
than
another
lower percentage of
popular/representative candidate who received
vote in another constituency, since they each
faced different electors and rival candidates.
Also, there is a mixture of voting systems: GCS use the simple majority system; FCs use the preferential elimination system (but under our current proposals all FCs except UC/RC/Rural will in future switch to simple majority);
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