Liberals continue to hijack electoral reform

It first began with the Liberals establishing a 60% 'super majority' threshold for the referendum to pass, and the they've now decided that cabinet- and cabinet only- will create the wording of the question that will appear on the ballot. While Democratic Renewal Minister Marie Bountrogianni has stated that the question"...will be simple, clear, concise," and that the premier has told her, " if [your] mother can’t understand it, we’re not doing it," it seems to me that the process is flawed- or at the very least the optics are flawed- when the governing party sets the terms of the referendum question on democratic renewal.

I believe that an all-party legislative committee or a non-partisan outsider would be better equipped to draw up the question. While this does not guarantee that they question will be more fair, I think that the optics of fairness are much improved. However, I would suggest that all-party consensus or the advice of a neutral, non-partisan outsider would be an improvement to cabinet. After all, this referendum is about democracy and not elite control!