elected to the office of President. Thus it is by having recourse to this method that both direct election to the office of President on the basis of adult suffrage and maintenance of the principle of parity are possible at the same time .......
14. For maintaining parity electoral college on a permanent basis not necessary. It may possibly be argued that while the method suggested in the preceding paragraph secures parity of electoral votes between the two Wings of the country, each Wing having 75 such votes, parity in the number of electors in case of the Presidential election as required by the terms of reference is not maintained in that method and, therefore, it shall be necessary to constitute an electoral college with equal number of members from each Wing for maintaining parity in the number of Presidential electors. Technically this may be correct, but there is no doubt that the principle underlying parity is ensured by the method suggested in paragraph 13. The principle underlying parity is that the voting strength of the two Wings in the case of Presidential election should be equal so that one Wing, on account of its numerical superiority, can have no commanding position over the other Wing having less population. The number of electoral votes in the two wings being equal in the said method (75 in each Wing), the voting strength of the two Wings in the case of Presidential election remains exactly the same although the number of presidential electors of one Wing may exceed that of the other. In other words, the greater number of Presidential electors in one Wing shall have no affect whatever on the voting strength of the other Wing. That being so the question of one Wing's getting commanding position over the other will not arise at all in the case of Presidential election in that method. We do not, therefore, see any necessity for an electoral college on a permanent basis for the purpose of securing parity in the number of Presidential electors and the President's in direct election through that college. We are, however, in favor of the President's indirect election through an interim electoral college only for one term the reasons for which are given in the next succeeding paragraph.
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15. Indirect election of President as an interim measure. -While we have already expressed our opinion in paragraph 12 that the President with all his wide powers under the Constitution should be elected direct on the basis of Universal adult Franchise, we are not unmindful of the conditions now prevailing in the country and the practical difficulties likely to be faced by Presidential candidates in those conditions in running their candidatures in the direct system at the next Presidential election which will fall due within a short period of 2 years from now. We, therefore, think that election to the office of President in the direct system needs to be considered also from the aspect of its practicability.
The country is divided into two parts each being separated from the other by a foreign territory of over 1,000 miles, The means of communication between the two Wings are hardly adequate The question then naturally arises as to how a Presidential candidate will be able to contact the masses throughout the length and breadth of country, project his views before them, and prove his fitness and suitability in order to obtain their support for his candidature. Left to himself, this is almost an impossible task for an individual candidate for the office of President. Here, comes the necessity for political
