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Bill: Revolution!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party for Equality
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: February 2108
Description[?]:
| The LPE proposes a peaceful revolution. 1.The king is to be removed from office and an elected Head of state put in place. 2.We are to be henceforward known once again as the Republic of Likatonia |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Current: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Proposed: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:00:42, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | Arrrrrggghhhh, whose gonna stop this Bolshie rabble!!!!!!!!! |
| Date | 23:04:56, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | hee hee hee, that us... no really, I am not a rabid anti-monarchist, but we used to be a republic until recently, and therefore I dont feel that the kingdom has any history or tradition behind it as it does in RL Britain, and Unelected representatives are pretty undemocratic, even if they are just figureheads. Plus there is a really cool new feature where you can support other peoples heads of state... if they are elected. |
| Date | 23:04:56, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Friendly Communist's of Likatonia | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | i think it is a good idea as a king is against my parties beliefes but i think we should have a counsil with a choosen spokes person that way no one person contrals the country and its best intrests are kept at heart. |
| Date | 23:11:04, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | Well, that was the idea in the old system. The senate was called the National Council, and the head of the council was called Speaker for the Council. It was rather commie, come to think of it, but a better system. I didnt want to do too much in this bill, such as change those names back around, for fear of lack of support. |
| Date | 21:45:50, September 07, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | no more comments? then let us vote. |
| Date | 15:19:22, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | Well, I'm confused... why would a 'liberal' and a 'libertarian' party, vote AGAINST democratic representation? |
| Date | 15:43:18, September 09, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | In our case, we felt that expanding the office of Head of State to have real power was not in keeping with our philosophy of smaller, more efficient government. |
| Date | 16:20:32, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | But, surely, the fundamental difference would have been changing the name, and removing the 'hereditary' part? I mean, the 'office' already exists... it is just called 'King'. The Bill didn't actually suggest giving any MORE power to that 'office'... just making it a little more democratic. |
| Date | 16:47:50, September 09, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Revolution! |
| Message | To us, the fundemental difference was removing the "symbolic" part of the office. This seemed to imply that there would be some real power in it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 52 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 60 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 95 |
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