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Bill: Cabinet Proposal of May 2531
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill presents the formation of a cabinet. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. Traditionally, parties in the proposal vote yes, others (the opposition) vote no. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in and all parties in the proposal have voted yes, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2532
Description[?]:
| Proposing a Cabinet |
Proposals
Article 1
As per the Constitution, the President chairs the cabinet.
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the 
Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Social Democratic Party
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Social Democratic Party
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Federal Independent Party
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Solentian People Party
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Federal Independent Party
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Solentian People Party
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Social Democratic Party
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Independent Party
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:00:23, February 13, 2008 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of May 2531 |
| Message | If for no other reason than that the current cabinet has a vacancy, we need a new one. This proposal gives one seat to each party and awards the rest of the seats based on the number of seats in the Chamber using the Saint-Lagüe formula, a method known for being very proportional. Thus, with this proposal every party gets a seat and the rest are distributed proportionally. Apart from that we've tried to work it out that no party gets the same ministry as it did the last time and that the "important" ministries go to the larger parties (with the exception that the DLP will not be taking any of these seats at this time). |
| Date | 12:38:13, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of May 2531 |
| Message | We plan on resubmitting this proposal in November of 2532. If you have any objections to it, please voice them before then. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 354 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 71 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings." - Franklin Thomas |