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voting

for

rights. Also consistent with principle adopted

all three tiers of representative government elections, 1.e. that an elector is given as many votes as there are seats.

It is more likely to produce winning candidates with

of votes and therefore credible

sizeable

number

election results.

It is easy to understand and simple to administer.

Why not a Proportional Representation voting system?

Each FC comprises electors with a degree of common interests

the interests of the professional or economic sector the FC represents. A PR system is required only if the electors have very diversed persuasions, which is not so in our present case.

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Also,

PR system is usually based on party lists.

But the FCS (1.e. the sub-sectors) are to represent

economic/professional

parties' interests.

interests,

not

political

Why not Single Transferable Vote (STV) system?

Given the large number of EC members to be returned by

each

sub-sector (10 or

more),

and

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the size of the