Further Compromise: Mixed Election With Reservations

1. Home Minister resign.
   
2. Form a probe commission.

These two have to be the starting points. The sooner this happens, the better. Because ultimately this is what will happen. So why postpone the inevitable? Do it right away, and save the country all the unnecessary pain.

5 Point Demand: Compromise Formula So Elections Can Be Held In June

Then we can talk about the modalities to the elections to the constituent assembly elections. Let's say we are going to retain the mixed system, which is fine by me. The decision has been made that the existing constituecies in the hills and mountains will stay intact, but that the Terai will have half of all constituencies. The arithmetic is easy. You add 45 constituencies to the Terai.

Compromise: Add 45 Constituencies To The Terai

But then the Janajati are worried there might not be enough Janajatis in the constituent assembly. That is a valid concern and that has to be addressed.

250 directly elected.
250 elected through proportional representation.

We necessarily are looking at reservations. Free competition will not give us the desired ethnic and gender composition. Let's say the following is the desired outcome we want.

30% Khas
30% Madhesi
30% Janajati
10% Dalit
50% women in each category.

But it would not be right to have reservations in more than 50% of the seats. So how do we go about it?

I propose reservations in both categories.

250 directly elected.
1/3rd constituencies reserved for women = 83
2/3rds of those for Madhesi, Janajati, Dalit women, rest free competition = 56
11 Dalit, 22 Janajati, 23 Madhesi
An additional 17% reserved for Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati = 43
9 Dalit, 17 Janajati, 17 Madhesi
83 + 43 are reserved constituencies. Total = 126
124 are for free competition. For those seats, parties might still field DaMaJaMa candidates.

250 elected through proportional representation.
30% Khas, 30% Madhesi, 30% Janajati, 10% Dalit
1/3rd women in each category.
This would be a minimum. If a party wishes to nominate all Dalit women, it would be free to do so.

If the eight parties can agree to a formula like this one, then the Madhesi Janajati Movement can be laid to rest. And we can all head on to the constituent assembly elections to be held in June.

But all this still begins with the two steps.

1. Home Minister resign.
   
2. Form a probe commission.

Interim Parliament: 101 Members Total
All Members To The Constituent Assembly Must Be Directly Elected
Constituent Assembly: 300 Seats Of Roughly Equal Population

Direct Elections, One Seat For Every 100,000 People, Reservations, Primaries
One Central Committee Member For Every Million Nepali

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