Full proportional representation

Understand the proposal.

An Assembly with a fixed total of 70 seats, including Rodrigues. Seats are first allocated nationally by the modified Sainte-Laguë method, then assigned territorially. The scenario uses a 3% national threshold and the divisors 1.4, 3, 5, 7… Open lists allow electors to express preferences for individual candidates.

The question it must answer.

Should one voice carry the same weight as another?

Greater proportionality can fragment representation and give small parties disproportionate bargaining power. Fidelity to the vote does not, of itself, produce accountable government.

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.