Reasons To Disagree
Why have a representative democracy, then reduce the number of MPs causing it to be less reflective of society. Will people then find 100 MPs too many? Who loses out from the culling? Minorities do. If we want a (even moreso) predominantly white, male, upper-middle class parliament representing the diversity of New Zealand, this is the way to do it.
if anything the numbers should be increased and change with our population so that the number of mps directly represents the voting percentile.
Reducing to 100 would decrease representation and diversity, while increasing workloads on already overloaded politicians. Incredibly bad idea.
The more MPs the more different points of view can be expressed. More democracy.
Reducing the number of mps only reduces the range of abilities available for government, and reduces the access of ordinary people to lawmakers.
NZ does not have too many MPs by comparison with other countries. MPs are hard working and we would not have enough to fill positions on select committees which do a great job. Also it would mean that electorates would become unmanageably large.
Actually, there are 69 electorates: 122-69=53. We have 69 electorate MPs, and 53 list MPs.
Fewer MP's means less representation for me. I disagree!!
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Reasons To Agree
A reduction in numbers doesn't necessarily equate to a reduction in diversity. If some parties are placing diverse candidates too near the unwinnable positions on their list then - assuming NZers want more diversity in parliament - they will punish them by voting for parties who don't.
100 MPs should be enough to vote on stuff. The public servants do the real work anyway!
Reduce to at least 100
Reduce it to 80, that way the remaining 80 will have divided up among them, the no longer needed 360 odd analyists, researchers, secretaries and spin doctors we currently supplie each one and thus they would now have 460 odd state service sector staff to do what they don't know, because half of them havn't a clue what they are participating in. Exactly the reason why they continually get the wool pulled over their eyes by the many elements who have infiltrated the state service sector to push their own barrows
Why stop at 100?
For its size the present number is ridiculous, expensive and results in far too many non-performing MPs.
We need more buttons on the agree side
stop wasting our money on useless people
100's heaps - we've too many drones in the beehive.
REVISION - 1 Sep 09 - MAKE THAT 50!
If you need more to be "representative" then let's ALL get on the gravy train!
Absolutely. Maybe even 80, and allow the government to bring in cabinet ministers from outside Parliament if they don't have the required skills in their caucus.
REDUCE the threshold off MMP, who was the EGG that SET MMPs threshold anyway, what was HE or She thinking? MMP originated from Germany and 5% of MMP in GERMANIES population IS about half NZs. Maybe you could have a split voting age to, 18 for local and 20 for National but changing the rules doesn't REduce mps but should REstrict immuture VOTERS from VOTING. Why should youngsters be aloud the privilege of VOTING anyhow, most of them VOTE for their friends and family anyway, without any political research?
Dual VOTING should REsolve in less mps, mps in parliment anyway. You'd have to REduce FFPs or electrates to 60 and have 60 MMPS to REpresent listed STVs and beaurocratic lists to REplace RED tape. Dual voting can REsolve NZs democracy perfectly?
Comparatively to other countries NZ has far to many MPs and the number of electrates is ridiculous to. Cabinet ministers are alright and there aren't to many but half the other 100 odd MPs should be beaurocrats. Half the MPs could become bearocrats to adjudicate for the bigger electrates. DUAL VOTING would fix the electrate problem and the MP problem, most MPs could be beaurocrats. Dual VOTING is a 60/60 govt where the biggest FFP can't get extra MPs because FFPs or electrates aren't MMP votes. Reducing 69 electrates to 60 should be easy to accomplishable. Take Four from Auckland, Three from Christchurch and Two from Wellingon. Chuck a ring around the CBDs and cut and past electrate boundaries should make reducing electrates very accomplishable?
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