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Bill: National Stability Initiative 1
Details
Submitted by[?]: Permissive Social Union
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: July 2469
Description[?]:
| Rampant democracy is eating away at the people's confidence in this nation. What is needed is some good old fashioned law and order. We propose extending the length of time between elections so that the parties of the day have time to make the hard decisions rather than looking over their shoulder to the next election. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 36
Current: 60
Proposed: 60
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:12:44, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Workers' Party and CTUL List | To | Debating the National Stability Initiative 1 |
| Message | Good step, wrong direction. |
| Date | 00:25:50, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei | To | Debating the National Stability Initiative 1 |
| Message | We like the concept of increasing the lengh of Presidential and Legislative terms, but we feel that 5 year terms is TOO long. Therefore we are abstaining. We support 48 months, or 4-year terms. |
| Date | 01:42:54, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Permissive Social Union | To | Debating the National Stability Initiative 1 |
| Message | CWFP, if you propose 48 months, you will have our support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 99 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 458 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 109 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other." - Will Rogers |