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Bill: Legislative Debate Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freeminded People's Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2377
Description[?]:
| This is an Act to improve & expand democracy within the National Assembly, allowing parties to increase the number of proposals that they may introduce. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The number of proposals a party can introduce per year (will be handed out as a monthly quota).
Old value:: 8
Current: 12
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The maximum proposal quota a party can accumulate.
Old value:: 15
Current: 30
Proposed: 20
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:44:30, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | We have always been opposed to rewarding lazy political parties. This is what this bill essentially does. We would be prepared to support however, if article #2 was ammended to a cut in accumulated proposals. Inactive parties should be penalised for being inactive and not given the opportunity to flood the Assembly floor with a 20 proposal manifesto just before an election. |
| Date | 14:03:26, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Pro Grain Club | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | We agree that the fierst proposal is better than the second, but I think 15 is a good maximun, any less would be unduly harsh (OOC on people that have a life :-P /ooc) |
| Date | 14:20:03, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Freeminded People's Party | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | This does not reward lazy parties; rather, it gives the active ones an opportunity to stand out more & propose more & bigger bills. |
| Date | 14:21:12, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Pro Grain Club | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | Bigger bills are a bad thing. Bills should be short and on one topic. It is the big "poison pill" or manifesto bills that ruin things. |
| Date | 14:58:48, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Freeminded People's Party | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | Such bills are better, yes; however, sometimes a very large omnibus bill is called for. We are not suggesting that every bill should contain 20 articles, but it should be allowed. |
| Date | 19:37:51, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | FPP, we appreciate your good intentions behind this bill but in reality it WILL reward the lazy. We have no qualms about seeing an increase in the monthly quota but will never support a raise to the total proposals a party can accumulate. CoG wrote : "It is the big "poison pill" or manifesto bills that ruin things." One man's "ruination" is another man's skilfull political manipulation. The 'abstain' vote has, afterall, always been an option. |
| Date | 22:03:57, March 20, 2007 CET | From | Pro Grain Club | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | Skilful political manipulation = spin and petty politics, neither of which are good for the Dranian people |
| Date | 02:21:07, March 21, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the Legislative Debate Act |
| Message | Pah! The Dranian people will do as they're told, like turning on the gas in the death camps. That day can't come soon enough! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 234 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 366 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual" - Jeremy Bentham |