This representative should only hold this position as long as their constituents want them to.

No representative should introduce a bill to parliament before and unless their constituents have given their consent.

Before a vote is taken in parliament each constituency should discuss and debate the proposed legislation. They should then instruct their representative how to vote.

 A representative should not have any other job, when they are not in parliament they should be in their constituency office interacting with their constituents.

To facilitate this process each constituency should have its own low power fm transmitter and its own website, where each constituent could have their own webpage.

Government should operate the way the business community operates, with each department headed by a manager appointed by parliament, on the advise of the electorate.

The performance of these managers should be monitored by parliament, and the people kept informed. If the people are satisfied their performance there would be no need to remove them from office before retirement age. However if the people are not satisfied they could be removed at anytime.

Some problems associated with the Westminster system of government that these proposals are meant to address.

Conflict of interest: where a person is allowed to represent a constituency and a political party at the same time in the same parliament.

Conflict of interest: when a minister has to choose between what is best for the country and  what is best for  the party.

Concentration of power: where a person is allowed to sit in Parliament; the legislative branch of government, and be a part of Cabinet, the executive branch of government at the same time.

Undue influence: where persons who donate large sums of money to a political party determine government’s policy.

Conflict and confrontation, where one party is fighting to retain power and another fighting to gain power.

Under the present system, because a person who is elected to parliament could also be appointed to head a ministry that person has to choose between their ministerial responsibility and the desire of their constituents to dialogue with them. My proposals would eliminate this problem because a representative would be a representative and a minister would be a minister.

                          Rupert E. Henry