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Bill: Reform of the Senate Bill
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: November 2584
Description[?]:
| We propose drastically reducing the number of Senators. Have gone with the CWP's suggestion, although reduced it by a further one, so as to ensure that ties are still prevented if all Senators vote. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 555
Current: 200
Proposed: 449
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:10:39, May 28, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Reform of the Senate Bill |
| Message | Would any other party back this idea? Would another figure be more acceptable? |
| Date | 14:07:01, May 28, 2008 CET | From | (KCCP) Communist Peoples' Committee | To | Debating the Reform of the Senate Bill |
| Message | I prefer 450. |
| Date | 13:48:23, May 29, 2008 CET | From | Teikas Kvasa apvienība | To | Debating the Reform of the Senate Bill |
| Message | Dear fellows, wise men have discovered and proved a law how the assembly size depends on population: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/topics/electoral-systems/par_siz In short, number of MPs are approximately cube root of the total population. So, if we have 195,132,107 inhabitants, the optimum Senate size is 580. |
| Date | 15:38:30, May 29, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Reform of the Senate Bill |
| Message | We could work with 450 as a basic cut, what do the DLP say? |
| Date | 12:16:15, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Reform of the Senate Bill |
| Message | Although it is not a big issue for us, we wish to see a leaner Senate, as the government doesn't have a great deal to do, so the removal of 106 Senators should be seen as a useful first step. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 456 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 99 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual" - Jeremy Bentham |