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OPTION TWO

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6.

run

This option envisages

letting the 1995 elections their natural course. If the election results are 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.

7 .

PC'S

Thus,

task

for example, if there are 15 foreigners, will be

the

to decide which 3 should be Some possible yardsticks are:

disqualified.

(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:

like; a

vote in

more

One is

not really comparing like with candidate with a higher percentage of one constituency is not necessarily popular/representative than

candidate

who

received

another

lower percentage of a

Fingr

-link

vote in another constituency, 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 FC8 except UC/RC/Rural will in future switch to simple majority);

constituency, since they each decock

for

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