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Bill: Lowering the parliament seats
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radikalna Partija
Status[?]: passed
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: March 2414
Description[?]:
| To avoid new "exotic" parties entering it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 205
Proposed: 80
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:58:41, June 09, 2007 CET | From |  Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Lowering the parliament seats |
| Message | This is utterly and completely insane. It is little more than incumbent protectionism, bent on keeping out new and/or dissenting voices. |
| Date | 19:03:15, June 09, 2007 CET | From | Radikalna Partija | To | Debating the Lowering the parliament seats |
| Message | it will lower the taxes needed to sustain the parliament. i thought small goverment was your position? |
| Date | 20:48:33, June 09, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Lowering the parliament seats |
| Message | Yes, small government is one of the major principles of the CDU. However, government is much, much more than the legislature: The Grand Majelis consumes such a small fraction of overall government spending that it might as well be an accounting error. Government meddling can be reduced in any number of arenas -- the economy, health care, energy, the environment, education -- it's silly to the point of absurdism to think that smaller government is achieved simply by lowering the number of seats elected to the Grand Majelis. |
| Date | 21:59:46, June 09, 2007 CET | From | Radikalna Partija | To | Debating the Lowering the parliament seats |
| Message | you are correct. i was being sarcastic, had you not noticed it before. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "It is never too late to give up our prejudices." - Henry David Thoreau |