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Bill: Rainbow Coalition
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fair Capitalism Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill presents the formation of a cabinet. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. Traditionally, parties in the proposal vote yes, others (the opposition) vote no. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in and all parties in the proposal have voted yes, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2409
Description[?]:
| This cabinet awards cabinet positions as close to vote proportion as possible, giving Aloria a new democratic, fair and competent government. |
Proposals
Article 1
As per the Constitution, the Llywydd (President) chairs the cabinet.
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the Party Royale
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Party Royale
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Party Royale
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Republic People Party
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the 
Fair Capitalism Party
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Social Reform Party
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Fair Capitalism Party
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Social Reform Party
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Fair Capitalism Party
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Social Reform Party
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Fair Capitalism Party
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Social Reform Party
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:47:37, May 25, 2007 CET | From | Party Royale | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | While this cabinet does provide a number of seats in the proper proportion, Party Royale is worried about the distribution of the actual seats themselves. Under this cabinet, the FCP would control Justice, Finance, and Foreign Affairs, arguably the three most important cabinet seats. Party Royale would support this cabinet if one of its current seats was replaced with one of those three seats. |
| Date | 03:09:43, May 25, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | Again...this cabinet IN NO WAY reflect the proportional allocation of parliament seats and hence the will of the people. Shame on the grandstanding, vindictive FCP for proposing such a sham proposal. |
| Date | 12:25:33, May 25, 2007 CET | From | Social Reform Party | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | It represents the parties with the majority of seats in the parliament, therefore, it does reperesent the people. Despite the MLP's massive ego, it is not actually the sole representation of Aloria. |
| Date | 14:19:18, May 25, 2007 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | Is the MLP not only inept when it comes to economics but also mathematics as well? There are 12 cabinet positions and 316 seats, a majority of public opinions, held by the parties within it: SRP: (106/316)*12 = 4.0253164556962027 = 4 seats FCP: (104/316)*12 = 3.9493670886075947 = 4 seats PR: (84/316)*12 = 3.1898734177215187 = 3 seats RPP: (22/316)*12 = 0.83544303797468356 = 1 seat |
| Date | 17:10:03, May 26, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | Gee, imagine that: our "math experts" at the FCP forgot to proportion the seats to the MLP (no surprise), the AHR and CP. And they (being 4th place in the last national election mind you) gave themeselves a majority of the 12 seats along with their buddies in the 3rd place party the SRP. How nice. How fair and representative of the people's will. |
| Date | 18:57:02, May 26, 2007 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | Well, yes, we represent a majority of the people's will. |
| Date | 02:25:43, May 27, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | Keep telling yourselves that. |
| Date | 19:46:12, May 27, 2007 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Rainbow Coalition |
| Message | Well, ok, seeing as we were voted in by a majority. You're just resorting to playground-style baseless denial. Are you going to call us gay next? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 232 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 261 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 107 |
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| Random quote: "The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other." - Will Rogers |