Sir: There is an urgent need to reform the prevailing election system because the present system has failed to provide competent political leadership. In the present system, only those with huge amounts of money can participate in the election to become the representatives of the people. It is a known fact that about 60 percent of the registered voters do not cast their vote. So, the majority of people have no representatives in the assemblies. I think two reforms are immediately required so that the real representatives of the people can be elected to represent them in the national and provincial assemblies. The first reform should make the voting of registered voters compulsory; the second reform should be to have a proportional representation system for the national and provincial assemblies seats. Also, the voter should cast his/her vote for political parties instead of voting for individuals. The political parties will nominate their members on the basis of the number of votes it has for the national and provincial assemblies. The political party having more votes will have more members in the assemblies. Those who will be nominated by the respective political parties in the assemblies will do the real work of making the laws for the benefit of the people. Without changing the present election system, there will be no chance of changing the status quo and preventing another martial law in the country.
S T HUSSAIN
Lahore