Government by rotation
The democratic system is good but the machinery to achieve it is defective and chaotic. Throughout the democratic world, elections are never found free and fair. Democratic countries like India and the US spend billions on elections but the result does not seem to satisfy many. I would suggest that we discontinue the election process and close down all offices under the Election Commission. The govt. should run under a process of three years' rotation between the two major parties. Smaller parties may form coalition. This three-year rotational govt. will have a few negative sides but would be of great benefit for a country like ours. We shall get rid of many evils such as hartals, toll collection, terrorism, lavish expenditure etc. Students should be banned from being part of a political party. The parliament should work with two parties only with members selected by the party central committees. We, as a poor country, would avoid wasting billions for an organisation that does not work. This money can be used for the poor masses' uplift. Since the parties concerned are sure of governing the country after a gap of three years, they could try to perform better under the watchful eyes of a free local/foreign press which would continuously evaluate and monitor their performance. The party in power would try to compete with the previous terms of the other party and would try to improve. This will create a healthy competition among them resulting in the socio-economic development of the country.
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