A stability seat adjustment

Understand the proposal.

A supplementary reallocation of one to three seats within the total of 70, to reach 36 seats. It is reserved for a pre-declared coalition that leads with at least 42% of the vote and 33–35 proportional seats, where no viable governing majority makes it unnecessary. Reallocated seats are published; stability seats do not count towards the qualified majorities required for constitutional amendment.

The question it must answer.

How far may the vote be adjusted to make government possible?

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 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.