Is the new system of electing MPs fair?
Wednesday, March 19
“I don’t believe that anything is fair today. I’m not interested in political calculations, it doesn’t matter how many majoritarian MPs are in this or that district. The final decision is made by the top authorities and not anyone else.”
Sulkhani, engineer, 31
“The authorities are simply playing. But they are not just amusing themselves, they are also really irritating us. What’s the difference between the old and the new systems? I can’t understand why they spend so much time on such unimportant issues when there are plenty of bigger problems in the country at the moment. They’d better think about the people starving in front of parliament.”
Lili, chemist, 55
“The opposition’s concern about the lack of majoritarian MPs in big cities is fair. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that Tbilisi needs more majoritarian MPs than smaller places.”
Tornike, rugby player, 19
“I don’t like their foolish decisions about the majoritarian MPs at all.”
Zeinabi, nursery teacher, 27
“Yes, why not? I like the new system—one MP per district, it makes sense.”
Nini, student, 20
“There’s no point in having representatives from each district in parliament—parliament is too important an institution to discuss district-level problems. For this there are city halls, local governing bodies and so on.”
Maiko, housewife, 44
“Well, I really can’t understand what they are saying—each party has their own ideas and I’m really confused. What is the majoritarian MPs function by the way? I don’t see anything special about them.”
Laura, former lecturer, 66
“I like that there will be 150 MPs in new parliament, I voted for this some years ago when there was a referendum. But 75 majoritarian MPs is way too many. Why does each district need representation in parliament?”
Tamaz, doctor, 54
“Yes I like it, because it will create a more direct channel for the people’s voice and our demands will reach the authorities better if we have our own majoritarian MP in parliament.”
Tiko, accountant, 30
Sulkhani, engineer, 31
“The authorities are simply playing. But they are not just amusing themselves, they are also really irritating us. What’s the difference between the old and the new systems? I can’t understand why they spend so much time on such unimportant issues when there are plenty of bigger problems in the country at the moment. They’d better think about the people starving in front of parliament.”
Lili, chemist, 55
“The opposition’s concern about the lack of majoritarian MPs in big cities is fair. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that Tbilisi needs more majoritarian MPs than smaller places.”
Tornike, rugby player, 19
“I don’t like their foolish decisions about the majoritarian MPs at all.”
Zeinabi, nursery teacher, 27
“Yes, why not? I like the new system—one MP per district, it makes sense.”
Nini, student, 20
“There’s no point in having representatives from each district in parliament—parliament is too important an institution to discuss district-level problems. For this there are city halls, local governing bodies and so on.”
Maiko, housewife, 44
“Well, I really can’t understand what they are saying—each party has their own ideas and I’m really confused. What is the majoritarian MPs function by the way? I don’t see anything special about them.”
Laura, former lecturer, 66
“I like that there will be 150 MPs in new parliament, I voted for this some years ago when there was a referendum. But 75 majoritarian MPs is way too many. Why does each district need representation in parliament?”
Tamaz, doctor, 54
“Yes I like it, because it will create a more direct channel for the people’s voice and our demands will reach the authorities better if we have our own majoritarian MP in parliament.”
Tiko, accountant, 30