Vexed is quick off the mark to point out that electoral reform conducted behind closed doors is not reform:
Appalling. In the name of equity and transparency, it’s remarkable that changes to the Parliamentary Election Act could be proposed without structured involvement of all political parties, and then be provided solely to the political incumbent.This document should have been released to the public and the political parties simultaneously. To do otherwise risks attracting accusations of favoritism.
When the public and other political organisations are kept in the dark until the Governing party gives a supposedly non-political appointment 'the green light' to let others have a peek, then you have a process which is illegitimate and politically poisoned from the start.
Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy