CHAPTER IX
DEMARQUIA ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM:
The DEMARKIA also called “Conferences of Consensus” would deliberate and make decisions on public policies in the same way that juries reach verdicts in criminal cases, in this case, on all types of matters that are incumbent on the State. The “DEMARQUIA” tries to overcome some of the functional problems of conventional representative democracies, which in practice have been subject to manipulation by special interests and that pose a division among professional politicians (including in this category those who are part of interest groups) and a basically passive, uncompromising electorate, not very involved and often uninformed. According to Professor John Burnheim, the random choice of policy makers would make it easier for ordinary citizens to participate and make it difficult for those who have an interest in corrupting electoral processes. The “Demarchy” is a system that aims to change representative democracy or a few intermediaries, by direct democracy that guarantees the inclusion of all individuals in the electoral processes.
The “DEMARQUIA” offers the following advantages: 1.- The society learns doing directly the tasks of government, there is orderly deliberation, social participation, independence of the assembly members, diversity of opinions, decentralization and aggregation of many. 2.- The decision making is more sensible and intelligent. 3.- Democracy is perfected, because a framework of collective understanding is created. 4.- Disappearance of the segmentation and polarization exercised by the parties. 5.- The parties will be replaced by assemblies. 6.- New citizen values will appear at the service of the solution of collective problems. 7.- There will be a qualitative change in the citizen mentality. 8.- It will be avoided to make decisions that affect the general interest. 9 .- There will be a collective identity around the common good of the community, a people led by reason and the wisdom of peers is better willing to respect the legal framework, when the solutions are spread horizontally and not from top to bottom. 10.- We will have electoral processes devoid of any cost. 11.- The speakers’ ideology will be varied and plural instead of closed. 12.- The social representation and the level of study of the issues will be broader. 13.- Leadership is shared instead of only or oligarchic. 14.- The prestige and reliability of citizens will be of higher quality than that now offered by party politicians. 15.- Absences, loss of time and gradual relaxation of the decision makers are avoided. 16.- The decisions of the matters will be impartial. 17.- The power is distributed instead of concentrated. 18.- The loyalty is with itself and not with a party or its leaders. 19.- Avoid confrontations of groups because there are no groups. 20.- In the resolution of matters a collective triumph is obtained and not of group or party. 21.- The work method is collaborative instead of corporate. 22. Human ethics aimed at helping humanity will be present instead of absent. 23.- There will be important social changes that transform the old that we already know.
An example of a procedure for a random draw is the following: Using the computer program called “EXEL”, first locate the “FORMULAS” tab, then select the option “INSERT FUNCTION” (fx). specific function that is called RANDOM.ENTER then, CLICK on IR then it appears is selected with the pointer and CLICK to ACCEPT and then opens a window called “ARGUMENTS OF FUNCTION” where we can write a lower minimum number and another top maximum separately in two different cells and then CLICK to ACCEPT so that the randomly selected number appears automatically by the processor.