The idea of an Open Government is laudable. However the basic reason why the present form of Democracy is not so open is that the political parties, which tend to prevent an individual elected representative from acting according to his/her conscience, have come to be accepted as inevitable for the process of elections and governance based on discussion. We need to devise an alternative to the concept of political parties. This is feasible provided we apply ourselves to it.
A website can register all those who wish to serve as people's representatives in a particular constituency. If 100 people are willing to serve then they are divided into 33 triplets. Each member of a triplet then evaluates the other two members and chooses one out of them, ignoring himself/herself. The one getting 2 votes is chosen. From 100, 33 are chosen. From 33, 11 are chosen. This process is continued till one is declared elected.
An representative elected on such a non-partisan basis can remain faithful to his conscience and the constituency he represents without having to fall in line with a partisan line of thinking.
An elected house made up of such non-partisan representatives would definitely have people uppermost in their minds and ensure an Open Government.
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