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Mon 02 Feb 2010Reforming electoral system is not going to be enough
OPINION:There is a need for a national debate on civic and institutional renewal and how best to achieve it, writes DAVID FARRELL
WITH EVERYTHING else that is going on it is not surprising that the state of our political system should also be under scrutiny. One of the causes of our current malaise is said to be the fact that our politicians are overly distracted with local constituency work, devoting large amounts of their precious time to nursing constituencies, carrying out endless constituency surgeries, and neglecting their duties as legislators.
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