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Bill: constitutional change
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bicky Forever - MSCC
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: August 2584
Description[?]:
| Another attempt to change the constitution... For the left-wing parties, we added equal representation to this compromise. The non-communist parties get rid of the communist titles. BF gets a parliament of 299 instead of 750 MPs. That's much easier to count: a simple majority is 150, two-thirds is 200. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The title of the head of government, who chairs the cabinet.
Old value:: Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Congress
Current: Eerste Minister (First Minister)
Proposed: Prime Minister
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: First Comrade
Current: Staatspresident (State President)
Proposed: President
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: People's Revolutionary Congress
Current: Federale Kamer (Federal Chamber)
Proposed: Parliament
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 599
Current: 665
Proposed: 299
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:12:16, May 30, 2008 CET | From |  Fascist Alliance Ikradon | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | Its a good idea. The neutral titles promote fairness in the system, a simpler parilament, and fair representation. |
| Date | 02:14:56, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Unity Of Peoples Party | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | We don't support the name changes. They make it seem like we are conforming to the international norm. |
| Date | 06:07:07, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | which names do you want then? |
| Date | 09:41:27, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Red Dawn | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | Opposed because we want more PM:s. |
| Date | 12:47:35, May 30, 2008 CET | From | P-TRA 1st Division | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | We agree with the UPP. OOC: President and co. are kind of boring. We could support neutral names, but they'd have to be more interesting. |
| Date | 14:12:37, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Fascist Alliance Ikradon | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | How about Chancellor? That's a good name |
| Date | 21:33:27, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | These should be split up. We don't support the representation proposal here, nor do we support decreasing the number of legislators. In terms of names, we advocate a return to Prime Minister and Chancellor for HoG and HoS, respectively. And for the legislative body, we propose the Ikradonian National Assembly. |
| Date | 22:35:37, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Fascist Alliance Ikradon | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | We agree with the FFP |
| Date | 05:54:40, May 31, 2008 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the constitutional change |
| Message | Contrary to FFP, we strongly demand a comprehensive constitutional reform, including the decreasing of the number of legislators. Titles are of secondary importance to us. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 42 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 358 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 199 |
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