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this seem similar to the system we had in italy up to some years ago. It was changed so that the party decides who is running, and people cannot vote on the person.

The result is, of course, that people who would be ineligible because of obvious incapacity (or any other reason) still get elected when people vote for the color instead of the person, and the parliament is full of lackeys who don't dare to disagree with the leaders for fear of not being put on the safe list the next time around.

Be careful when you wish for a better system, you may end up with a worse one :)