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