THE DEMOCRATIC QUINTET · STABILISER
How far may the vote be adjusted to make government possible?
The proposal
The proposed adjustment reallocates between one and three seats within the total of 70, under specified conditions. Stability is treated as a supplementary correction, rather than an automatic reward.
L’objection
Even a limited reallocation takes seats from some lists to construct a majority. Why should that democratic cost be preferable to a coalition agreement?
The response to examine
The model requires a pre-declared coalition, qualifying thresholds and the absence of a viable majority that would make the adjustment unnecessary. The decisive issue remains a definition of necessity that can be independently scrutinised.
The decisive test
Publish the seats reallocated and the coalition alternatives rejected. Examine who determines the need for the adjustment, by what procedure and subject to what remedy.
The author’s contribution to the reform debate. These proposals are neither current law nor an official position of the CRC. The complete official versions submitted to the Commission remain withheld pending its deliberation.