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Bill: Administration Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
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: April 2491
Description[?]:
| Okay, I believe a few things within our administration need to change. Among those things are things such as the total number of seats, our logo, names and some other things. Please at least consider these before shooting them down. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The number of proposals a party can introduce per year (will be handed out as a monthly quota).
Old value:: 12
Current: 20
Proposed: 15
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The National Animal.
Old value:: Manatee
Current: Wyvern
Proposed: Phoenix
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The national motto.
Old value:: Liberty, Technology, Equality
Current: Uaill, Onair, Sìth (Pride, Honesty, Peace)
Proposed: Wisdom, Honour & Courage
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 650
Proposed: 699
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:28:01, November 21, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | Okay, you will notice them and most likely a majority will deny them. However you will notice many of them are not major changes, only small ones: the national motto for example. This is to show that we are all for change when it does eventually come around, and we would like people to please accept these proposals for the good of Rutania. |
| Date | 16:28:40, November 21, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | As another note, many of these are positive things for parties: you will be able to hold more quotas, include more proposals and such. There is nothing detrimental here. |
| Date | 17:18:14, November 21, 2007 CET | From | New Liberal Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | I haven't come across any party that has maxed out their proposals on the old system? Do we need the change? I like the Phoenix but I really think our Motto is un-inspiring. Liberty and Equality are noble pursuits but Technology? Not very poetic :) |
| Date | 20:55:35, November 21, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | Indeed, but I didn't believe the rest of the parties would wish to change from technology. If it were my choice it would include honour or something similar to fit with Liberty and Equality, but majority rules i'm afraid. Proposals have been maxed by previous parties, which is why we should increase it, to give others a chance to make sure they don't max out: it might not be totally needed, but then again it's not exactly got any reason to vote against it now has it? |
| Date | 12:20:15, November 22, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | As the oldest currently active party, let me share some history behind the current settings. We used to have a limit of 50 proposals, but some parties started "spamming" the legislature with bills and the number was reduced to cut down on the annoyance. I think that the current quota is reasonable. I have gone up to my limit a few times while trying to define my platform, but it doesn't take long to get the proposals back. The motto was proposed by the Deus Ex Machina party, a party composed of Artificial Intelligences. The change was passed when the cabinet was dominated by goon parties. I believe that the manatee was made the national animal during the same round of legislation. The number of seats has been 750 for a long time; really there is no pro or con to this other than aesthetics. Seats are still assigned proportionally. I would actually like to see a much smaller number of seats, like 99 (an odd number to prevent possible ties), but the effect on each party's influence is the same. |
| Date | 13:11:22, November 22, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | The motto could do with a change, so let's hear some suggestions. Also, the party seat could well be brought down further, whilst I can leave the proposals idea alone I suppose. Any suggestions for changing the bill then? |
| Date | 17:51:52, November 22, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | If we still want to have a tripartite motto, I like "Wisdom, Honor, Courage". |
| Date | 21:18:01, November 22, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | I've edited the Bill with some changes. Should we go to a vote now? |
| Date | 03:22:19, November 23, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | Sounds good to me. |
| Date | 09:24:15, November 23, 2007 CET | From | Hellenic Imperial Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | I always like one I came up with "Prospathia yia tin Irini"...Greek for "Striving for Peace". But I like Wisdom, Honor, Courage". |
| Date | 15:39:12, November 23, 2007 CET | From | Anarcho-Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | My only concern is with the exclamation point at the end of the motto. |
| Date | 21:30:29, November 23, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Administration Reforms |
| Message | Exclamation point removed, now we go to vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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