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Bill: Political Accountability Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: RSDP - Democratic Front
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: December 2038
Description[?]:
| An Act to enhance democracy by reducing the length of executive and legislative terms and thus making politicians more accountable to the electorate for their actions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 48
Current: 60
Proposed: 24
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | We agree. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | Would politicise. We intend to vote in the negative. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | I'm afraid no support (objection in fact) from the Imperial Party. |
| Date | not recorded | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | Perhaps 36 months then? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | Perhaps for 39, but no less. |
| Date | not recorded | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | How do the others feel about this? I still think 24 months is the best option. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | To be honest, the LAP doesn't really care about this issue. Whatever everyone else wants suits us fine on this. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | Actually we might go with the Conservtive pary on this one. |
| Date | not recorded | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | I think everyone had the chance of stating his opinion, so I started voting. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Political Accountability Act |
| Message | To be honest, considering the amount of time the RSM has been in office, we do need shorter terms. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 60 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 17 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Character names must appear plausible and should consist of at least a first name and a surname. Exceptions to this will only be granted at Moderation's discretion and where a very strong case has been presented |
| Random quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." - Ross Perot |