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Bill: Local Government Initiative #4
Details
Submitted by[?]: HaLeumit Tikvah
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2449
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 13:40:56, August 31, 2007 CET | From | Civil Liberty Persecution Complex Party | To | Debating the Local Government Initiative #4 |
Message | Big government vs Small government is one thing however we believe that any law that leads to injury, discrimination etc. should be governed republic wide rather than on a case by case level as they have no right to be so. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 43 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 197 | ||||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
Random quote: "Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." - Charles de Gaulle |