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In this small Island surely a States Assembly of 18 Senators is sufficient?
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From Leslie Norman.
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank Lyndon Farnham for his efforts in trying to maintain some level of democracy in Jersey by maintaining the number of Senators at 12.
However, surely in an Island of 45 square miles with a population of 95,000 people we should only be governed by politicians with an Islandwide mandate. How can it be democratic when we do not have the opportunity to vote for over 80% of our political representatives, with many elected with just a few hundred votes?
Surely in an Island our size a States Assembly made up of 18 Senators elected on an Island-wide mandate would be quite sufficient? You may even attract a better calibre of candidate who would feel they could achieve something in such an Assembly. The cost saving would be significant!
If there was a feeling that some parochial representation was required, then this could be provided by the inclusion in the Assembly of the Connétables, with or without voting rights.
This would result in a much more streamlined government process without the hours and hours of endless time wasting, repetitive debate and propositions, with much more time being spent governing rather than just talking about it.
There again, what are the chances of turkeys voting for Christmas ?
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