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Bill: Government Term Act 2096
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Freedom 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: April 2100
Description[?]:
| A Bill to increase the Government term of office. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 24
Current: 24
Proposed: 48
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:15:54, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Secular Humanist Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | It is not a multiple of 6 In my opinion the term should be a multiple of 6 so that the RL time of elections is constant (just for comfort). I also think 50 is far too much, it would slow down the game. I think of 30 (5 RL days) or 36 (6 RL days) |
| Date | 21:09:28, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | I think it should be 48, in order to allow the cabinet time to actually do something. |
| Date | 21:42:33, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | Of course, this bill won't be voted on until after the next election, in order to show you that my views are sincere, I'm not simply trying to extend my time of 124 seats, the reason I am for this is so that Ministers can actually achieve something in their time and also if someone goes away for a day or two, they should not be severly punished in parliament. |
| Date | 00:30:30, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | I would prefer 36, but if no one has a problem with 48 I'll vote to pass. |
| Date | 01:32:53, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran National Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | I would also prefer 36. |
| Date | 15:48:19, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | I feel that 36 is still too short for Ministers to achieve much. As I said, I won't move this to the voting stage until after the enxt election, regardless of how many seats I achieve. |
| Date | 15:49:14, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | What reason do you feel 36 would be good? |
| Date | 00:21:38, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | b/c 6 days is enough in my opinion. I remember by the time I ended my presidency I was pretty much begging for an election. That was only 4 days. |
| Date | 15:14:22, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | But now that we're very much active, surely 8 days would allow a Minioster to do much more, particularly when they add mor tasks to each Minister. I'm not trying t increase my presidency. I'm not going to put this to a vote either way until after the next election. I no longer feel so strongly about this anyway. Yesterday I spent about an hour calculating new tax and spending figures and when I went to propose them, it told me that, that feature wasn't ready yet! - After all that time! |
| Date | 00:04:47, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | Actually if we pass this during your term, it doesn't go into effect until after the next elections anyway. Don't worry about that. |
| Date | 18:01:38, August 22, 2005 CET | From | Secular Humanist Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | This is not very democratic. Me, KNP and KPP agreed on 36 months. |
| Date | 18:37:17, August 22, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran National Party | To | Debating the Government Term Act 2096 |
| Message | Amend this to 36 months, and I'll support it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 108 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 331 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 1 |
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