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Originally Posted by flylock shox
So, what you're saying is, you'd like to see the GG call another election?
Fine by me.
But the fact remains, our system allows for exactly what is going on right now. And for all the criticisms of our democratic system, what is happening now is exactly what goes on all the time in those systems which are arguably the most democratic: systems of proportional representation. So our democracy isn't reallly failing here - although we might not be able to say that after the GG acts, regardless of what she does, since she's outside of our democracy.
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The system allows for this if confidence in the government has been lost.
In this case, since there hasn't been a budget and really there hasn't been much sitting time since the last election, I'd say it is safe to say there was never any confidence in the government to start with. Right from day 1 after the election, the plans for this were set in motion.
If this was to have happened after 6 months, then fine... but right away after the election? Totally different situation.