Advocational International Democratic Party of British Columbia PLATFORM The case for an Advocational Democracy: The Advocational International

Democratic Party of British Columbia ( Advocational Party) believes that the government might best serve the citizens of a nation by becoming a republic and dividing democratically elected representatives into two (2) separate government bodies with distinct advocational roles 1) an elected Lower House and, 2) a selected Upper House (a Senate). The elected Lower House is an advocate of the administration of government introducing legislation, and a selected Upper House (Senate) is an advocate of the citizens of a nation whose principle purpose is limited to approving particular legislation into law. The later safeguards the rights, liberties and freedoms of those citizens whom it represents. Hence the explanatory term Advocational Democracy. The parliamentary system in place within Canada was not instituted to have delineation within the body of government, represented by elected members of parliament or legislature who are responsible for administration, policy, and drafting legislation on one hand and on the other, by the people, who are represented by themselves as members of a senate assembly who are responsible to define, issue, and safeguard their rights, liberties and freedoms. As such one could conclude that Canadians are governed in a manner best described as a perpetual conflict of interest. The Party believes that true democracy does not exist when the maintenance of the rights, liberties and freedoms of the citizens of a nation are maintained and controlled by the very same government body who can extinguish, by legislation, the very same rights, liberties and freedoms of its citizens, in whole, in part, selectively, or retroactively, utilizing the judiciary, the armed forces, the police, and the security services of the nation for that purpose. I enclose an organizational chart for an Advocational Democracy. The Objectives in an Advocational Democracy Design a government structure into two groups: AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE NATION The Senate (Upper House or Highest Court) Branch of government fulfilling the role of being an advocate for the citizens of the nation whose principle purpose is to approve legislation into law which safeguards the rights, liberties and freedoms of those citizens AN ADVOCATE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT The Lower House THE LOWER HOUSE Branch of government fulfilling the role of being an advocate for the administration of government whose principal purpose is to administer government and draft legislation for submission to the Senate. Process of Random & Merit Selection Democracy is that form of government in which the supreme power rests with the people, ruling themselves directly or indirectly through representatives. This was aptly expressed by the American President Abraham Lincolns phrase, of the people, by the people, for the people. The democratic process of casting a ballot in favor of a candidate in order to elect a representative is widely accepted as the best method to achieve democracy. The conditions that have evolved around running for office are arduous. Candidates can be subject to close scrutiny. The process is not very forgiving and those who participate can be exposed to various types of criticisms. One could correctly argue that such exposure, this test of fire, is required to weed out the bad or good, the vunerable, and anyone who could not survive under immense pressure. Irrespective of the close scrutiny, a candidate must possess certain oratory skills, self-confidence and drive.

The financial costs involved with this process can be very large. With adequate funds, influential media and the astuteness of a promoted candidate could result in being successfully elected. This could raise questions as to whose advantage was a particular candidate promoted over another and did the electoral process elect the best, conscientious individual for the job, or simply the best individual money could buy or promote. The electoral process certainly favors an individual with a forceful character and money or the means to it (influential financial contributors with subsequent post-election rewards). Arguably, these elected individuals with these characteristics, may be valuable to administer government effectively. Leaders have certain personality traits. They can have either a strong national or selfish interest, or both. Leaders could be described as strong, forceful, and willing to gain and retain their position as leader at great or any cost. Each nation must decide which costs are the citizens of that nation willing to pay to support the at great or any cost personality or character trait of a leader. Passive observers are individuals who might participate in the process of government if it were not for the circumstances that have evolved around the electoral process. They, by their nature, do not enjoy the process in which they must participate in order to be elected, and as such are excluded from public office. Their contributions to the direction and benefit of a nation are lost. The democratic Process of Random and Merit Selection, or Lottery, Merit, Lottery (LML) is an alternative to the democratic process of casting a ballot in favor of a candidate. LML permits individuals, who could be best described as passive observers, to attain positions within public office, democratically, without personal financial cost or the rigors of running for office. Furthermore, if the position the individual attained were part of a group (for reasons of internal control) subject to a one term per lifetime restriction, their collective administrative decisions would not be influenced by: Having to issue post-election rewards to influential organizers or significant financial contributors, Attempting re-election for personal benefit which may influence the manner of financial spending for a nation, and Schmiergelder or lubrication money to influence decisions. One could argue that, in fact, the individual who ultimately has the least to gain, personally, from the decisions of government, would be best situated to make the best long-term, unbiased decisions for a nation. True democracy might be well served by positioning the best people for the required jobs. Firstly, maintain the standard electoral process for the administration of government, attracting individuals with forceful characters and commercial allegiances, and secondly, utilize LML to select passive observers to a Senate for single terms who must safeguard the rights, liberties and freedoms of a nation. TECHNIQUE FOR RANDOM & MERIT SELECTION The democratic Process of Random and Merit Selection, or Lottery, Merit, Lottery (LML) requires three groups to function. The groups are: Administration an unbiased group administered by LML selected professional Accountants to ensure responsibility and accountability, Selectors LML selected citizens who work with Administration to advance the standing of a candidate based on merit, Selected Lottery selected citizens who will be considered as candidates, advanced on merit, and finally selected by lottery to fill a position, at no personal cost to the candidate. These three Groups utilize the Process of Random and Merit Selection to:

Select individuals representative of the citizens of the nation, Fill positions in government where it is to the nations advantage to have individuals who have the least to gain personally from the decisions of government or who are the least influenced during the decision making process, and Introduce fresh entrants into the positions of authority to keep government current with the advancing viewpoint of the nation. If the Process of Random and Merit Selection is utilized for the selection of a Senate body and the Senate is the final authority of approval before legislation becomes law, the fact that new voting Senators enter the Senate each year equates to a perpetual mini-referendum. Continuity is provided by a 36-month period of Internship where a new Senator performs Senate sub-committee work in preparation for full Senatorial Duties during the last 36-months of the full 6-year Senatorial Term. A brief example of how LML would function to select members for a Senate Body is as follows: Citizens names would be: Selected by lottery from census records (individuals of legal age) to form an Initial Senatorial Roster List. Each citizen selected (approximate number unspecified) will be notified by registered mail and will have 30 days to accept the invitation to participate within the Senate Selection Process. If a citizen declines the invitation, his/her name will return to the pool of possible candidates for subsequent Senatorial Selection Processes. If a citizen accepts the invitation, he/she will advance to the Merit Stage of the Senatorial Selection Process. These lottery selected Citizens would be: Selected on Merit to form the Final Senatorial Roster List. Citizens will be selected and advanced on their own merit, irrespective of personal political inclinations. Each citizen will be screened, interviewed, tested, and graded in a nonbiased way by other LML selected citizens and the Administration of the Chief Auditors Department of the Nation to ensure impartiality and accountability. This Final Senatorial Roster List of selected candidates will consist of approximately 1,000 candidates. Additional candidates could be chosen by lottery if the current pool of candidates fails to provide an adequate number of individuals to be placed on the Final Senatorial Roster List. From this Final Senatorial Roster List, citizens would be: Chosen by lottery to fill the seats of the Senate for a 6-year Senatorial Term, one term per lifetime. The successful candidate becomes an intern Senator for the initial 36-months of the Senate term. The intern Senator is concerned with training, orientation, Senate Sub-Committee Work, and works under the guidance of a Senior Senator. The intern Senator has no voting privileges. After the initial 36-months the Intern Senator becomes a Senior Senator with full voting privileges and duties. These responsibilities continue for the remaining 36-months. Any unsuccessful Candidates left on the Final Senatorial Roster List will return to the pool of possible candidates in the general population for the next Senatorial Selection Process. PROCESS OF RANDOM & MERIT SELECTION (MODIFIED) A Modified Process of Random and Merit Selection (or Lottery, Merit, Lottery) can be considered to suit special circumstances. The initial Lottery selection stage could be replaced with an acceptable application process. Afterwards, candidate advancement could continue through the Merit and final Lottery stage. RATIONALE FOR THE PROCESS OF RANDOM & MERIT SELECTION Generally when people apply for positions, they are usually screened and evaluated. Once the field of candidates are narrowed down to only a few remaining participants, there can be very little difference between one candidate or another. The final decision as to who is selected is the critical point where the personal bias of an evaluator may become obstructive to unbiased candidate selection. This last stage of selection may also be jaundiced

because of internal guidelines and/or policies. This can lead to charges of predetermined selection or selection fixing, discrimination, and preferential treatment. Perceptions of ill treatment towards candidates could lead to costly appeals and/or judicial reviews. The point at which the success or failure of a candidate is determined is where the final round of Lottery Selection is required. If the last stage of selection is one, which is determined by chance, there can be no challenge to the outcome. Any legal challenge launched to test the validity of the selection process would become a nullity because the action would have no basis in law. A final round of lottery removes any bias to exclude or include a candidate based on special personal consideration, either for or against a citizen, based on race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, language, or mental or physical disability. Governing bodies have historically extended preferential consideration to some groups at the expense of others. Attempts by Governments to correct the sin of administrating past privileges may involve swinging the pendulum of favoritism through the neutral zone towards other groups. This change in prejudice risks alienating other citizens. The logic of replacing one wrong with another perpetuates exclusivity within a nation. It does not add to a nations collective well being. The Process of Random and Merit Selection may be a consideration if neutrality is wanted for the swinging pendulum of favoritism. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF ADVOCATIONAL DEMOCRACY SENATE (UPPER HOUSE) SENATORS DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED BY PROCESS OF RANDOM AND MERIT SELECTION, 6-YEAR TERMS COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES IN THE NEW MODEL OF AN ADVOCATIONAL DEMOCRACY LOWER HOUSE SENATE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED CAREER POLITICIAN WITH LONG TERM PERSONAL BIAS AND GOALS POLITICAL CAREER AND POSITION ACHIEVED BY CUNNING, DEAL MAKING, AND BIASED SUPPORT POLITICAL LIFE ATTRACTS OR APPEALS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A FORCEFUL CHARACTER ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL ALLEGIANCES TO MAINTAIN CONTROL POSSIBLE RE-ELECTION (4-YEARS) ATTEMPTING RE-ELECTION MAY

INFLUENCE A POLITICIANS CURRENT DECISION MAKING PROCESS, I. E. ELECTION PROMISES & SPENDING PERSONAL POLITICAL BIAS USUALLY CONSTANT THROUGHOUT POLITICAL LIFE LONG TERM PUBLIC EXPOSURE EMBITTERS POLITICIANS WHO MAY THEN PARTICIPATE IN CORRUPTION CAN BE DISMISSED FROM POSITION RAPIDLY IF REQUIRED DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED NON-CAREER POLITICIAN WITH SHORT TERM PERSONAL BIAS AND GOALS POLITICAL CAREER AND POSITION ACHIEVED BY LOTTERY, ADVANCED BY MERIT, AND SELECTED BY LOTTERY PERMITS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PASSIVE OBSERVERS TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE NO REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL ONE TERM PER LIFETIME (6-YEARS) NO RE-ELECTION POSSIBLE, NO INFLUENCE ON DECISION MAKING PROCESS PERSONAL POLITICAL BIAS IS EVER CHANGING WITH NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE SENATE EACH YEAR SHORT TERM POLITICAL EXPOSURE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO EMBITTER SENATORS CAN BE DISMISSED FROM POSITION RAPIDLY IF REQUIRED

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