27. MRCM proposals to improve law-making

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27.1 The problem and solutions in short

There are two basic problems with law-making as of now

1. First problem : MPs do not make laws we citizens want. eg MPs refused to enact laws that we commons want to obtain land rent.
2. Second problem : MPs make laws that citizens dont want. eg 498A , DVA laws etc
   

Following are our demands , promises to solve these two problems

1. The second MRCM EN would enable citizens to issue Govt Ordinances and thus second EN solves first problem to a considerable extent
2. We are proposing a procedure by which citizen can register effective YES/NO in the Parliament by paying Rs 3 fee at Talati’s office. This will further reduce first problem I cited above
3. We demand , promise a Jury System over law made by Parliament to deal with second problem.
4. We propose citizens’ review system to reduce second problem.
   

Above are our proposals at National level. We have similar proposals at State levels as well.

27.2 MRCM Party’s demand , promise to register citizens’ YES/NO in Parliament

Following is the Govt Ordinance we demand :

1. Any citizen can inward the text of a Bill in the PM's office and obtain an inward number.
2. Any citizen can go to the Talati, show his ID, pay Rs. 3 fee and register his YES/NO on any of the suggested bills. The clerk will give receipt for his YES/NO. The citizen can change his YES/NO any day. The YES/NO will be published on the internet and notice boards. (Please note that there is no confidentiality).
3. An MP can register his YES/NO before the Speaker. If the MP does not register YES/NO, it would be counted as NO.
4. The MP's vote will count for those, all those, but ONLY those who have NOT registered their YES/NO on that bill.
   
5. Example: Suppose an area 50000 voters where say 15000 (30%) voted YES, 5000 (10%) votes NO and 30000 (60%) did not cast their vote on the proposal. In that case, the Speaker will consider MP’s weight as (100% - 30% - 10%) = 60%. Now say that the MP votes YES. Then that area’s YES-fraction will be 30% + 60% = 90% and NO-fraction will be 10%. If the MP votes NO, then that area’s YES fraction be 30% and NO-fraction will be 60% + 10% = 70%.
6. The Speaker will add the YES and NO fractions of each ward
7. If the sum of YES-fractions is over 50% within 60 days, the Loksabha Speaker will send the bill to the Rajyasabha Speaker. If the proposal does not gather 50% support within 60 days after issue of inward number, the Loksabha Speaker will declare the proposal as failed.
8. The Rajyasabha Speaker will let Rajyasabha MPs register their YES/NO starting the day bill gets inward number. If an MP does not register his vote, it will be taken as a NO.
9. The Speaker of Rajyasabha will calculate the YES-fraction and NO-fraction of the bill as follow :
• say a state has K MPs
• say that state has T voters of which Y voted YES and N voted no, and (T – Y – N) did not register their YES or NO
• then each MPs’ of that state’s vote will be (T – Y – N)/K.
10. If passed, it shall have the same weight as Bill passed by the Parliament
    

The above mentioned procedure will enable citizens to enact the law they want.

27.3 Draft to implement the above law

#	Procedure for	Procedure / instruction
1	-	The word citizen would mean a registered voter
2	Cabinet Secretary (Center)	The Cabinet Secretary will accept a proposal for enacting a law from any citizen for a fee of Rs 200 plus Rs 200 per page (of size no larger than A4) and issue a serial number to the proposal.
3	Talati , (or Talati’s Clerks)	In next 90 days after a proposal for change is registered by Cabinet Secretary, the Talati/clerks will allow the citizens to register their YES/NO on the Bill. The clerk will take following things from the citizen : a)Rs 3/- fee b)citizen's ID c)Bill’s serial number d)his YES or NO preference. The clerk will then make the entries in the computer and will give a computer generated receipt to the citizen.
4	Talati	The Talati, for a fee of Rs 3, will allow the citizen to change his YES/NO.
5	Talati	The Talati will post the names, serial numbers etc of the citizens who have registered their YES/NO on the internet.
6	Cabinet Secretary	The Cabinet Secretary will publish Constituency wise YES/NO counts of each Constituency for each of proposals every Monday and on the 90th day after proposal was submitted.
7	Speakers (Loksabha, Rajyasabha)	The Speakers will allow MPs to register total or partial YES/NO. If an MP does NOT register YES/NO, the Speakers will count his vote as total NO.
8	Loksabha Speaker	The Speaker will calculate the YES-fraction and NO-fraction every Loksabha constituency as follows : T = Total No. of voters in that constituency. Y = No. of voters who voted YES, so citizens' YES-fraction = Y/T N = Number of voters who voted NO, so citizens' NO-fraction = N/T M = No. of voters who did not vote on the Bill = T - Y - N if MP votes YES, then YES-fraction will be (Y+M)/T and NO-fraction will be N/T if MP votes NO, then YES-fraction will be Y/T and NO-fraction will be (N+M)/T. if MP abstains, then YES-fraction will be Y/T and NO-fraction will be N/T.
9	Loksabha Speaker	The Speaker will add YES-fractions and NO-fractions of all the Loksabha constituency to obtain the total YES fraction of the State.
10	Loksabha Speaker	The Speaker will declare bill as "failed if NO-fraction exceeds YES-fraction. if YES-fraction is larger than NO-fraction then the Speaker will send the bill to the Rajyasabha Speaker
11	Rajyasabha Speaker	Within 30 days after a bill has been presented, a member of Rajyasabha can register his YES/NO on the bill before the Speaker. If a member does NOT register his YES/NO, the Speaker will take it as a NO.
12	Rajyasabha Speaker	Speaker will use following formula to calculate the YES fraction and NO fraction Y = Number of voters in India who voted YES N = Number of voters in India who voted NO T = Total number of citizen-voters in India U = Number of citizens who didn’t vote = T - Y - N MY = Number of Rajyasabha members who voted YES MN = Number of Rajyasabha members who voted NO (or did not register their vote) MT = Total number of Members Then YES fraction = Y/T + MY/MT*U/T NO fraction = N/T + MN/MT*U/T
13	Rajyasabha Speaker	If the YES fraction exceeds NO fraction, Speaker will declare the bill as passed, else he will declare the bill as failed.

27.4 MRCM Party’s demand , promise to enact Jury System over Laws made by MPs

Due to bribery, and no other reasons, the MPs have been enacting laws like SEZ act, 498A, DVA etc. How can citizens top this mess? The third proposal enables citizens to cancel any unconstitutional law that MPs have made. But that will be after they have passed this law. How can citizens stop wrong laws to begin with? Well, the following law will reduce this possibility :

1. After the law is passed by Parliament, the PM shall send the copy of law in English and State’s official languages to each Tahsildar of India
2. Each Tahsildar will summon 30 citizen voters each from the voter list as Jurors.
3. Each of the 30 citizens can suggest one speaker. Ten of these 30 suggested speakers will be chosen at random. The 10 suggested speakers or their representative will give 1 hr speech on the law passed.
4. The MP who drafted and proposed the law can send one or more representatives who shall have the total speech time of 3 hours.
5. Each Juror can ask speak for 30 minutes in which he may make a speech or ask questions to any of the persons who has given the speeches on the law passed.
6. Each day, the proceedings will start at 10.30 AM and will go on till 6.30 PM with 2.00 PM to 2.30 PM as lunch break. So proceedings will last for no more than 6 days.
7. At the end of 3rd day, the Jurors will specify their YES/NO on the laws passed.
8. If over 16 out of 30 Jurors say NO or “no option”, the Tahsildar will mark the law as rejected.
9. If majority of the Tahsil Juries in India reject the law, the PM will declare the law as rejected.
   

There are 6000 wards and Tahsils in India. So some 6000 * 30 = 180,000 citizens YES/NO will taken on the law passed. Given that time is just 3 days, this is a fairly large sample which is difficult to bribe out. Hence, this sample will be an effective check on the Parliament. Each Juror will get say Rs 100 and so cost is Rs 1.8 crore plus other costs (such as salary of Tahsildar who will conduct the hearings etc). The total cost will be about Rs 5 crore per law Parliament passes. The Parliament passes some 100 laws a year. So total cost will be Rs 500 cr per year of so. This is tiny compared to damage one wrong law can cause. Using such mechanism, it becomes easier for citizens to ensure that SEZ, 498A, DVA etc like laws do not come up.

27.6 Other party’s stand on this issues

The MPs of other party such as Congress, BJP, CPM etc have flatly told citizens --- citizens cannot register their YES/NO in Parliament. we request citizens and non-80G-activists not to vote and campaign for these corrupt leaders.

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