The idea of voting a political party ticket should be abolished. The person seeking election as MP or State Assemblyperson should have his name printed on each voting ticket.
Afterall, we are electing the PERSON not so much the Party he represents.
This elected person will be personally responsible to the electorate and to represent them. Their association with a political party is secondary.
This has been proved sufficiently in GE2008, where everyone is voting the PERSON not the party.
This elected PERSON will have to face the electorate, NOT his party, and answer to them.
Thus, I say, this elected person should be permitted to associate with any political party he chooses, so long as that party’s policies meet the expectations of his electorate.
Remember, the electorate is the ‘bosses’ not the elected or his party or anyone else. The elected represents his constituents, no one else. Period.
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