From what I can see the current political system is flawed as it no longer serves the people. We appear to have fallen down a MORAL shaft and that moral shaft appears to be a shaft of TRUST. That is there isnt any long term trust that politicians will keep their word and/or continue to act in our best interests as time passes. For what its worth here are my 7 absolutely embryonic views on a trust + on-going citizens input based model of governance: 1) Replace the current party structure with a ONE party Senate with NO political parties as such just a Senator representing the people in their electorate. No left No right, No blue red green or whatever other colour. This will reduce the huge waste of sitting time being consumed by interparty childish behaviour/arguing/accusations etc we currently evidence when parliament sits. This also prevents Senators having to tow the party line to vote yes for issues they actually disagree with. 2) Each 3 years every citizen in an electorate gets 1 vote and there are NO candidates as such, EVERY citizen is eligible to be voted for based on one sole criteria. The sole criteria is Which citizen in your electorate do you TRUST the most? Then upon counting the votes the most trusted citizen will be approached to see if they want to represent their electorate in parliament. If they say NO then the next person on the list gets asked etc until the most trusted person who wants the job gets it. They wont need to have any political experience or industry knowledge because they are going to have access to all/any advisors they need to make wise decisions. 3) Senate (Senators) meets bi-weekly for say 3+ days to discuss the issues of the day and Senators have collective access to all/any advisors (with credibility or credible ideas) throughout the country on any topic they need to help them assess the issues of the day. Senators identify up to 5 BIG issues for the following 3 months this quarter to consider i.e. issues that will have potentially major significance and/or long term implications on the nation. Senators then collectively hear the advisors input, debate the advices received and their own views and listen to their electorates views over this quarter before formulating a list of potential key question/s for the citizens to be asked about the BIG issue/s. 4) When considering BIG issues the Senate will ALWAYS ask the question How will this decision affect the seventh generation? to ensure long term thinking transcends short term positions (3 yrs) being held. Senators decide (by way of voting) on the top 5 questions to present to the citizens for the next quarter. Once the top 5 questions are formulated each Senator also makes a pre-vote on the questions based upon their assessment of the advisors input and their own views on the issue. There may sometimes be issues of the utmost urgency which would call for an extra-ordinary set of questions to be answered by the citizens in the short term ie before the next quarters end and the need for this would be voted on by the Senate on a case by case basis. 5) Each 3 months (quarter) citizens are presented with the 5 key questions for them to answer on the BIG issues of the day as presented by the Senate. Every eligible voting citizen is given a secure encrypted dedicated handheld electronic voting device, which the questions will be displayed on, plus details of the key arguments for and against (as agreed by the majority of the Senate) and the pre-vote on that issue of each senator i.e. for or against 6) Senators vote in-house on other issues that are less consequential (majority vote rules). 7) Upon collation of the citizens votes on the BIG issues the majority decisions are enacted by the government. All BIG issues can be bought back to the senate at any time if deemed appropriate i.e. something significant changes that affects the issue. OTHER: +There would be specific criteria that defines BIG issues and other less consequential issues. + Senators get paid a good income + travel and accommodation and are fed when in parliament. + No Senator or their immediate family members can have any interest in any BLIND TRUSTS (to reduce the opportunity for corruption) + No perks upon leaving the job. So to summarise responsibilities: CITIZENS responsibilities; A) Nominate 1 person each 3 years at voting time B ) Each 3 months answer the BIG issue 5 questions (For anyone who needs assistance with the decision process there will be support people available in each electorate to assist - again these people will be chosen from the most trusted list and paid well for their help) SENATORS responsibilities; A) Represent their local electorate B ) Attend the Senate bi-weekly meetings and vote on issues C) Define the BIG issues and citizens questions each quarter ALL feedback welcome :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 05:35:25 +0000
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