To answer this important question, let us look at this hypothetical example. Lets suppose that a party needs 30 000 votes to get one seat in the National Assembly (NA).

Small Party A gets 15 000 votes (does not qualify for a seat, so the 15 000 votes go to waste).

Small Party B gets 15 000 votes (does not qualify for a seat, so the 15 000 votes go to waste).

The way I see it, these two small parties have wasted 30 000 very important votes! Remember that some people died for us to have the vote, so should we be wasting it like this? 

Now assume that Small Party A and Small Party B combine to form Small Party C. In that scenario Small Party C gets the 30 000 votes and thus qualifies to get one NA seat. Now that wasn't so hard, was it?!

However, it is not as straightforward as all that. The tricky part is, the leaders of Small Party A and Small Party B have to decide who is going to lead Small Party C, and chances are none of them will be prepared to step down. And therein lies our problem.

Do you have any view on this issue?