Reform of Election System of Member of the National Assembly

The Special Committee on Political Reform of National Assembly recently resolved three reformation proposals for election system of member of the National Assembly which will be submitted to the Committee of the Whole. Those proposals are the Multimembered Constituency + Regional･Mixed-member Majoritarian Representation System, the Multimembered Constituency System + National･Mixed-member Majoritarian Representation System, and the Single-member Constituency + Regional･Quasi Mixed- member Propotional Representation System. However, the Proposals cannot realize the basic principles of the election and the spirit of the Constitution, for exemple the principle of equal election, party democracy, plural democracy, a multiparty system, protection of minority, etc. Therefore, the mixed-member propotional representation system combined with single-member Constituency should be adopted for the effective reform of election system. The constituency of propotional representation system should be nationwide. Futhermore, the number of the National Assembly members should be increased to vitalize the diverse functions of the National Assembly. At the same time, the rate of the proportional representative National Assembly members must be expanded. Also, some important institutional conditions regarding the election should be adopted as follows: the democratization and legalization of candidate nomination process of the party, the closed and fixed list system, closed primary election system, mandatory voting system, etc.