Why Division of Votes Should Become STANDARD PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE

SANJAY JAGATSINGH

And available in a spreadsheet on the website of our National Assembly. Simple. So we can know how each MP voted on each bill or motion. This will help us understand what the representatives we send to parliament stand for. And if her speeches are consistent with her voting pattern. This is useful information before getting in an election booth or deciding whether to trigger a recall election. See, who wouldn’t want to know who was for the negative income tax, rise in old age pension and the ICT ‘annoyance’ law to name just a few?