tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968761101230823169.post2527685599220873831..comments2023-07-09T16:20:55.860+02:00Comments on Today in Social Sciences...: More about the reform of the Spanish electoral systemPaqui Pérez Fonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825244803602259869noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968761101230823169.post-53864773912365149562011-04-04T23:01:30.942+02:002011-04-04T23:01:30.942+02:00The only way of changing this would be that the bi...The only way of changing this would be that the biggest parties didn´t get absolute majority and they needed the support of the smaller parties. The biggest parties won´t change this voluntarily, because this system gives them the majority of the representatives. We often forget that change is in people´s hands (remember the protests in Muslim countries). Unfortunately, the majority of the population in Spain agrees with the preponderance of the biggest parties and they prefer the stability of one-party governments, rather that several parties.<br /><br />If you´re interested, the Constitution includes a possibility of presenting Public Initiatives (proposals of changes in laws made by the citizens). Citizens have to collect more than 500,000 signatures, so that their initiatives can be debated in the Parliament. This doesn´t assure that their proposals would be taken into account, but we have the opportunity of expressing our opinions. This is reflected in article 87, section 3 <br /><br />http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sp00000_.html#A087_<br /><br />The only way of changing things is becoming active, in the traditional parties or in new ones. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your opinions.Paqui Pérez Fonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825244803602259869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968761101230823169.post-69095504215422405092011-04-04T21:19:12.274+02:002011-04-04T21:19:12.274+02:00Hi
I think they won't reform the electoral sys...Hi<br />I think they won't reform the electoral system, because as you said Paqui, it benefits the biggest parties. They used the ignorance of the people to maintain their power. If many people protest this it can change, but as many people don't know about open lists, etc the big parties continue being the most powerful.<br />I think that if the teachers teach this more seriously in some years it would change, but politic in young people is not very popular, and in this group, because I think until the majority of people known this things it won't change.<br />ByeAlejandro Torrillashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641083394729787648noreply@blogger.com