I must start with questioning the entire premise of the process of selection of the archaic forms of governments that we have not rethought in a long long time.

The whole premise of “ for the people, of the people “ is “people”. And of late that has been problematic. Driving policy for majority of people are minority groups with narrow, nationalistic, personal views about how their communities should function as should the countries. Inward looking countries do not make world work.

I believe we should look at revamping at how we elect our governments in the first place at all. We should create a competency based system rather than a popularity based system.

Leaving the lives of people in hands of emotional decisions and Television appeal , social media advertising or poll numbers of a certain candidate may not be a good system to elect good candidates who may have the skills to govern and lead.

First, let there be a body that defines the job. A working group that creates a skill set, qualification chart that allows us to recognize what it will take for a candidate to lead to a country. What education, what skill, what experience should a candidate have to qualify him or her to be even a contender.

Then , a qualifying process must include a process where the candidate defines and lay out a plan for the Government. This plan cannot be just a rhetoric but a scientifically provable plan. The candidate should be given 3 months to get his dream team together. They must then prepare a 4 year plan for the government and lay out the targets that they will achieve and how they will achieve those targets. How much money will they use and how will they earn that money. How will they use the tax payers money and how will they return the money to the tax payers.

Several such candidate teams must be allowed to present their plans to the country and the country must vote not only on the candidate but the efficacy of the entire team that the candidate is presenting.

The candidate that wins atleast 75% of the country’s positive vote can be called qualified to lead the country.

We create performance systems for everything else in our country. Why have we not looked at a performance system for the politicians ? The unending government shutdown and the way the people of this country are being held hostage to demands of a non existent crises is an emergency signal. We need to reform the way we allow people to run for office. Otherwise we will be held hostage to unending personal issues of unqualified, unstable egoistic people who do not deserve to be in office in the first place. This effects our lives.