How do you go about deciding who shall be your
candidate for the forthcoming elections ?
For most political parties , only one thing matters
most, viz :,
" Is he (
or she ), likely to win ? What is the
probability of winning ? "
It is this same simple " rule " that people
all around the World use , whether betting on a ,
> horse ( in a derby
)
>
batsman ( in a cricket match )
> car
driver (
in Grand Prix )
Or ,
>
politician ( in an election )
Nothing else matters . Ask any " Bookie
" !
But AAP (
Aam Aadmi Party
) added some more factors to be considered while selecting its candidates
for 2014 elections , viz : ,
> He must be
honest and non-corruptible
> He must not
be greedy for power
> He shall be
a firm believer in AAP's " Moral Philosophy "
> He must not
have any criminal background
Except for the last point , others are very difficult
to verify
But , to me , it seems AAP forgot to mention (
intentionally ? ) , the following , very important points :
> He must have
enough accumulated wealth or known / public , " Sources
of legitimate Income " , that he does not
need to worry about how to
survive on a
MP / MLA's salary , while devoting full time to his duties,
( while remaining " Non-corrupt " )
Not being the
" only earning member " of his family is an advantage !
> He must be
well - known amongst the local voters as a " Social Activist ",
so that , he
has a high " Recall Value " , when the voters look at his name
on the EVM
Arvind - and his colleagues - need to explain these
" Selection Criteria " to the voters , again and again , so that
there is no opposition / dissent of the kind we are witnessing , upon
declaration of the first list of 20 ( Celebrity ? ) candidates
Still better would be :
> Design a
Online form , listing ALL the Selection Criteria
> Assign
" Weightages " to each criteria
> Assign a " Rating Scale " of 1 to 5
( 1=worst / 5= Best )
> Get 50
Core Committee Members of AAP , to rate
each " Nominee "
candidate , for
each Selection Criteria , online ( without getting
influenced
by anyone )
> Let the
software compute the " Overall Scores " for each candidate
> Let the
software compute the " Percentile Scores " for each candidate
> Let the
software declare the " Winner "
!
If 1.6 million citizens of Estonia can " elect
" all the members of their Parliament ONLINE , then surely , AAP geeks should face
no problem in this utterly transparent method !
Let them read , " Wisdom of the Crowd " !
As with everything else , AAP must blaze a new path in
its selection process
* hemen parekh
( 21 Feb
2014 / Mumbai
)
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