ヨルダン：選挙法改正 比例代表制の導入検討
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選挙区選挙と比例代表制の2つを合わせる案（つまり1人1票制度からの脱却）。前の記事の段階では比例代表制を検討していると確信できなかったが、今日の別記事でも「比例代表制」という言葉が繰り返し出てくるので、比例代表制の導入が念頭にあり、それをもって「全てのヨルダン人を代表する議会制度」と見ているのだろう。
首相選任権を国王から議会に移す案については、ヨルダンの民主主義が成熟し、2大政党制が定着することが前提という意見。
Centrist parties say it is premature to adopt party-list voting system
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=34218
6 February 2011
By Hani Hazaimeh
AMMAN - Centrists on Saturday called for a new elections law that combines voting in "geographically identified districts" and a proportional representation list.
Ahmad Shunnaq, the secretary general of the National Constitutional Party (NCP), said the issue was brought up during the meeting on Friday between Prime Minister-designate Marouf Bakhit and leaders of five centrist parties: Liberty and Equality, Duaa, Rafah and Justice and Development, along with the NCP.
"Discussions focused on the importance of political reform starting with the Elections Law as a path to a truly democratic nation," according to Shunnaq.
Political powers, including the opposition and pro-government groups, almost agree on the need to replace the one-person, one-vote system with another system that ensures a more fair representation, the politician said.
"We aspire to see an elections law that reignites partisan life in the Kingdom, a law that produces a strong Parliament that functions in an institutional manner," Shunnaq told The Jordan Times yesterday.
"We understand that the political reform process requires time, but it's important to take the first step."
However, he said, it is still too early to talk about an elected government formed by the majority in the Parliament as the partisan life in Jordan is still maturing, he added. Such a scenario would only be workable "when there emerge two strong parties running for the elections", the NCP leader said.
He expressed concern that elections on the basis of partisan tickets might only benefit the Islamic Action Front, which demands an elected parliamentarian government. What the centrist parties want, he explained, is a system based on one vote for the district and another for a "bloc".
He underlined that the role of the Ministry of Political Development in spreading awareness among the citizens on the envisioned political changes that should see the light of day in the coming stage in order to engage them in the decision-making process.
"It is important that the new government opens dialogue with all parties and listen to all voices and particularly opens up to the youth sector whose majority have no political affiliations," Shunnaq said.
Commenting on the dialogue the premier-designate is conducting with political powers, Fares Braizat, researcher and head of the Qatar-based public opinion programme at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, said Parliament must be dissolved.
"New elections must be held very soon in order to ensure that all segments of the society are represented under the Dome," he told The Jordan Times.
"The Islamists are not there. A new chapter must be opened," he said, adding: "The country's interests are best served through democracy. What is needed is not management of affairs by deploying strategies of time buying, but rather profound reform, not cosmetic."
Braizat, who blamed Bakhit for the "large-scale" fraud in the 2007 elections, said "the first thing he [Bakhit] should do is to bring whoever responsible [for the vote rigging] to court".
"Actions will speak for themselves in the coming days," he concluded.
選挙区選挙と比例代表制の2つを合わせる案（つまり1人1票制度からの脱却）。前の記事の段階では比例代表制を検討していると確信できなかったが、今日の別記事でも「比例代表制」という言葉が繰り返し出てくるので、比例代表制の導入が念頭にあり、それをもって「全てのヨルダン人を代表する議会制度」と見ているのだろう。
首相選任権を国王から議会に移す案については、ヨルダンの民主主義が成熟し、2大政党制が定着することが前提という意見。
Centrist parties say it is premature to adopt party-list voting system
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=34218
6 February 2011
By Hani Hazaimeh
AMMAN - Centrists on Saturday called for a new elections law that combines voting in "geographically identified districts" and a proportional representation list.
Ahmad Shunnaq, the secretary general of the National Constitutional Party (NCP), said the issue was brought up during the meeting on Friday between Prime Minister-designate Marouf Bakhit and leaders of five centrist parties: Liberty and Equality, Duaa, Rafah and Justice and Development, along with the NCP.
"Discussions focused on the importance of political reform starting with the Elections Law as a path to a truly democratic nation," according to Shunnaq.
Political powers, including the opposition and pro-government groups, almost agree on the need to replace the one-person, one-vote system with another system that ensures a more fair representation, the politician said.
"We aspire to see an elections law that reignites partisan life in the Kingdom, a law that produces a strong Parliament that functions in an institutional manner," Shunnaq told The Jordan Times yesterday.
"We understand that the political reform process requires time, but it's important to take the first step."
However, he said, it is still too early to talk about an elected government formed by the majority in the Parliament as the partisan life in Jordan is still maturing, he added. Such a scenario would only be workable "when there emerge two strong parties running for the elections", the NCP leader said.
He expressed concern that elections on the basis of partisan tickets might only benefit the Islamic Action Front, which demands an elected parliamentarian government. What the centrist parties want, he explained, is a system based on one vote for the district and another for a "bloc".
He underlined that the role of the Ministry of Political Development in spreading awareness among the citizens on the envisioned political changes that should see the light of day in the coming stage in order to engage them in the decision-making process.
"It is important that the new government opens dialogue with all parties and listen to all voices and particularly opens up to the youth sector whose majority have no political affiliations," Shunnaq said.
Commenting on the dialogue the premier-designate is conducting with political powers, Fares Braizat, researcher and head of the Qatar-based public opinion programme at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, said Parliament must be dissolved.
"New elections must be held very soon in order to ensure that all segments of the society are represented under the Dome," he told The Jordan Times.
"The Islamists are not there. A new chapter must be opened," he said, adding: "The country's interests are best served through democracy. What is needed is not management of affairs by deploying strategies of time buying, but rather profound reform, not cosmetic."
Braizat, who blamed Bakhit for the "large-scale" fraud in the 2007 elections, said "the first thing he [Bakhit] should do is to bring whoever responsible [for the vote rigging] to court".
"Actions will speak for themselves in the coming days," he concluded.
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