Reforming the electoral system through a citizens’ assembly?
We need to involve citizens, not only parties, in the process of reinventing democracy.
|2019.05.30
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From 2011, attempts for reforming or changing the electoral system have failed continuously.
The usage of the citizens’ assembly presents an opportunity for restoring decision-making which includes citizens from the starting point.
Blerim Vela
Blerim Vela is a PhD researcher on Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK. His research focuses on the influence of the EU accession process on the functioning of the national parliaments of candidate states in the Western Balkans. In the past he has worked for WFD, UNDP and OSCE in different countries.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in Albanian.