Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...

Government and Political Legitimacy
The Right Parliamentary System for
Thailand
Prof. Dr. Nantawat Boramanand
Th i s a r t i c l e a i m s t o p r o p o s e a
parliamentary system that is right for
Thailand. The article is divided in
three sections as described below.
1. The proposal for the membership
and the selection of the House of
Representatives.
(1) The House of Representatives should
c o m p r i s e 5 0 0 m e m b e r s ; 1 0 0
members are to be elected nationwide
o n a p a r t y - l i s t b a s i s w i t h n o
minimum proportion stipulation as
included in the 1997 constitution
and 400 members are to be elected
on a single-member constituency
basis.
(2) The vote-counting method should be
changed back to that used under the
1997 constitution, which is a single
vote-counting location for each
constituency.
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