Dear Friends :
We must thank Inder to keep us all reminded about the birthdays
- including birthday of Gladys , today
Many happy returns of the day , Gladys !
I look forward to meet all of you tomorrow
In the meantime , enjoy my latest blog below
regards,
hcp
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ROMP - A Panacea ?
In past few
years , our Lok Sabha has been repeatedly paralyzed by slogan shouting MPs
Perhaps ,
the past two weeks were the worst in the history of Lok Sabha , with no
business conducted
Someone
suggested that MPs be made to lose their salaries for this period , following
the universally / legally accepted rule : No Work , No Pay
This won't
work . Our crore-pati MPs could not care a hoot for loss of pay !
Only thing
that might work :
A mobile
app called , " ROMP / Recall Our MP
" ( Idea for a Start-Up ? )
Only voters
who qualify as follows , will be permitted to use this App , in order to recall
an MP :
* He
must be on Electoral Roll
* He
must have actually voted ( even if NOTA ) , in the last general election
{ This criteria is bound to boost voting percentage to 95 % ! No need to
make voting compulsory ! }
* He
can " Vote to Recall " , only
MP who got elected from the constituency
from where he cast his vote in last election
* He
can vote only if there is no Criminal charges filed against him
* The
App itself will accept his " Rating / Vote " only on two days of the
year
announced by the Election Commission for each constituency
* Any
other criteria that readers may wish to suggest ( crowd-sourcing )
ROMP
will show following criteria , with " YES " or " NO
" buttons against each :
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LOG-IN :
#
Suspend MP for next Session................................ YES.......NO
#
Recall MP.............................................................YES .....
NO
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Justify
your recommendation by " Rating " your MP , below
( Unless
rated on each criteria , your vote will be invalid )
Is this MP
( who is being rated by you ) :
#
Honest.............................................. YES........NO
#
Of high Integrity................................. YES........ NO
#
Sincere.............................................. YES........ NO
#
Hard-working .................................... YES........ NO
#
Punctual.............................................. YES....... NO
#
Dignified............................................ YES........
NO
#
Follows Speaker's Orders..................... YES........ NO
#
Good Listener....................................... YES......... NO
#
Awaits his turn to speak.......................... YES........ NO
#
Asks only relevant questions.................. YES........ NO
#
Approachable to Voters.......................... YES....... NO
#
Answers Voters' Emails promptly............... YES...... NO
#
Provides regular feedback to Voters ............. YES.......NO
#
Addresses other MPs with respect............... YES..........NO
SUBMIT
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Conditions
governing use of ROMP
:
>
It can be downloaded from the web site of Election Commission , upon
filling up a form, requiring all kinds of proof that you are a genuine voter
>
Upon being satisfied ( that you are a genuine voter ) , the Server will
issue a User ID and Password, to log in before you can use the App.
It would be better still , if biometric identification is integrated with the
App , since AADHAR cards are already having such identification
> ROMP can be downloaded only once
>
At least 66 % of the Voters who had actually voted in that Constituency
during the last General Election , should take part in ROMP event for it
to be considered valid
>
Only in case more than 2/3rd ( > 66 % ) of " Ratings " cast
recommend
Suspension or Recall , will the Election Commission / Speaker act
according to People's Mandate
>
However , in case where those 66 % are divided between " Recall " and
" Suspend " , then " Suspend " will prevail
>
Rating results will be made public on Election Commission web site on the
next day and also published in leading Newspapers
I do believe
that the present NDA government is keen to introduce / pass ,
"
RIGHT TO RECALL BILL
" in Lok Sabha as part of Electoral Reforms
Except that
the combined opposition may defeat it in Rajya Sabha !
Which MP
would want to sign his own death-warrant ?
But even
without a legal backing , I feel ROMP would have a salutary effect
on the
behavior of our MPs , who would know that they are being watched,
and their
conduct is being evaluated ! - and will be made public !
ROMP , along with
my earlier suggested mobile Apps ,
( look up hemenparekh.in )
>
VotesApp
>
I SIN><U SIN ,
will take
us many steps closer to a Digital India
If you
endorse my views , please forward to all Policy Makers
If not ,
please do come up with a better idea !
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hemen
parekh
07
Aug 2015
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