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MDHOAN 5416

WOULD MEAN HAVING TWO PARALLEL SYSTEMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL

REPRESENTATION (DIRECTLY AND THROUGH DISTRICT BOARDS) WHICH COULD

LEAD TO INVIDIOUS COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE STATUS

OF DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY GEOGRAPHICAL MEMBERS.

11. IN THE LIGHT OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS TO BE INTRODUCED IN

1991 SHOULD BE ELECTED THROUGH GEOGRAPHICALLY-BASED, SINGLE-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES AND SHOULD REPLACE THE INDIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS

CURRENTLY ELECTED THROUGH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. ON THIS BASIS,

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT TEN DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS SHOULD

BE INTRODUCED IN 1991. ENDS

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