Adjusting the Sri Lankan system to current requirements

(Adapted from a discussion paper for a seminar series on governance )   

Election Systems

House of Parliament

 

 Parliament as constituted at present in Sri Lanka does not seem satisfactory. There are complaints about representation, and limitations on participation in decision making. Other problems include conflicts arising from the preferential voting system, crossovers, corruption, the lack of constituencies and by-elections and the uselessness of voting for the opposition. A mixed electoral system however may provide some solutions.