Is the Aam Aadmi Party the right choice : Part II
Wednesday 27 November 2013
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Is the Aam Aadmi Party the right choice : Part I
The following features make the Aam Aadmi Party stand differently from other political parties:
1. There is no central high command in the Aam Aadmi Party. The
party structure follows a bottom to top approach where the council members
elect the Executive Body and holds the power to recall it.
2. No MLA or MP of this
party will use red lights or any other beacons on his or her vehicles. Nor will
(s)he use any special security.
3. No MLA
or MP of this party will live in opulent and luxurious government housing.
4. No candidate
would need to buy an election ticket in the Aam Aadmi Party. Candidates
contesting elections from an area will be selected by the people of that area.
5. In
all political parties today criminals and mafia goons are given election
tickets. Such people will never be given tickets in this party. A thorough
screening process will ensure that no one with a criminal record or proven
corruption charges could stand for elections from the Aam Aadmi Party.
6. The Aam
Aadmi Party will function with full financial transparency. Every single rupee
collected by donations to run this people's party will be publicly declared on
the party's website and all expenditures will also be declared on the website.
7. Every
member of the Aam Aadmi Party will have to follow a strict internal code of
conduct or internal Lokpal. This independent body will be headed by 3 jurists
and other eminent personalities with impeccable public records and will
investigate charges of corruption, crime, substance abuse and moral turpitude
against all office bearing members of the party. Any citizen can present proof
of wrongdoing against a party member. If internal Lokpal finds the party member
guilty, he or she will be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action as
decided by the internal Lokpal.
8. No two members of the same family will be
eligible to contest elections in the Aam Aadmi Party and no two members of the
same family can become members of the Executive Body. Today we give our vote to
a candidate, he or she wins the election, and then they disappear from our
life.
9. Today most elected representatives take no time to listen to the problems
of their constituents. And in the current electoral system, the people have no
choice but to suffer this candidate for 5 years.
10. The Aam Aadmi Party wants to
create an alternative. It will enact a Right to Reject law wherein the common
man does not have to wait for 5 years to remove a corrupt MLA or MP from
office. People can complain to the election commission anytime to recall their
representative and call for fresh elections. The Aam Aadmi Party is fully
committed to the principles of gender equity and will represent women and
students amply at all levels of party organisation. It is committed to the principles
of justice for all and will co-opt representatives from the Dalit and other
minority segments of society at all levels of party organisation.
In a democracy, every vote carries
equal vote. The Aam Aadmi Party is arguably the best choice in the approaching
elections. It is therefore, incumbent on us to think several times before we
cast our valuable vote in favour of a particular candidate. After all, changing
player is not the solution always; we need to change the rules of the game as
well.
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