Saturday, April 4, 2015

A Proof of Feasibility of Accommodating FPP within the PR System


Sri Lanka Guardianby Laksiri Fernando
( April 3, 2015, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) Reforming of the electoral system is a hot topic these days. Even abolishing or reforming the executive presidential system might (or threatened to) depend on finding a feasible reform for the electoral system. There are some who want to get back to the old first past the post (FPP) system. There are others who prefer or want to stick to the proportional representation (PR). The general thinking for a long time has been to employ a mixed system which is again controversial due to a lack of feasible method or controversy over employable different formulas. The Dinesh Gunawardena Report is one example for this imbroglio.