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Bill: Constitutional Reform Act 2583
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
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: July 2584
Description[?]:
| In the interests of change and a return to a moral and ethical state, the Conservative and Morality Party declare our intentions to make the following Constitutional Changes. "These changes are essential to the development of Solentia. The establishment of the accountability of the executive, the restrictions on the legislature and the role of the judiciary are all very important to the CMP. This is something that only the CMP would have the guts and shear determination to present to this senate" - CMP First Justice Lord Robert Zanvier, JP Approved by: CMP Lord Chancellor, Ciéran Cardinal Boyd, Archbishop of Halion |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Current: Judgements may only be appealed against for grave procedural errors.
Proposed: Every person has the right to appeal to the Minister of Justice to have a judgement reviewed by another court.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the administration of law.
Old value:: There are regional courts that have jurisdiction over questions of regional law and national courts that have jurisdiction over questions of national law.
Current: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Proposed: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The title of the head of government, who chairs the cabinet.
Old value:: Senate Warden
Current: Governor
Proposed: Lord Chairman
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: Supreme President
Current: President
Proposed: Lord President
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Senate
Current: House
Proposed: House of Commons
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: State
Current: States
Proposed: Province
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:08:23, May 29, 2008 CET | From |  Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | As a member of the Solentian Heritage Coalition we disagree with most of these provisions. |
| Date | 00:35:14, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | OOC: orly? IC: The CSPS will vehemently oppose any measure proposing to mutilate the traditions of Solentia, especially those measures attempting to force an aristocracy upon her people. Baltazar Harrison, Party Speaker, Solentian Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 00:37:22, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | There had been no mention of aristrocracy Mr.Harrison. - Ciéran Cardinal Boyd, CMP Lord Chancellor. ooc: ya rly. |
| Date | 00:40:47, May 30, 2008 CET | From | National Zeus Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | The NZP is wholeheartedly against this bill. While we do not neccessarily find the current titles for HoS and HoG to be our favorite, we find the ones proposed to be ridiculous. NZP Spokesman Farid Pierre |
| Date | 00:41:58, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Anarcho-Atheist League | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | You wish the title of the HoS changed to " Lord President" and the HoG changed to "Lord Chairman"? Seems rather hypocritical to me, I seem to recall the CMP recently wanting to get rid of the title "Supreme President" because they thought it showed the government didn't have enough 'humility.' |
| Date | 00:45:47, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | I do not agree. Lord President and Lord Chairman indicate a commanding role, rather than a "supreme" position. There is a distinct difference between leadership and arrogance. To be a "Lord" one takes a certain flare for a job, to be "Supreme" indicates something much more dominant and have highly aggresive connotations. - Ciéran Cardinal Boyd, CMP Lord Chancellor. |
| Date | 00:54:39, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | Regardless of your interpretation of the prefix "Lord," the CSPS interprets it as a title of aristocracy, and thus you shall receive 52 nay votes. Baltazar Harrison, Party Speaker, Solentian Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 01:08:25, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | Our Supreme President must be aggressive. The title fits. |
| Date | 05:03:50, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Federal Independent Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | Great, with these proposed changes we'll soon be entering a system of serfdom. Soon enough my "Lord President" will be hiding in his castle tower while I become a peasant who labors outside the palace walls shoveling heaps of dung in the blistering hot sun. How very amusing of the CMP to propose such hooliganry. FIP Minority Whip Kenneth Levaeron |
| Date | 13:48:57, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | "Funny for the FIP to talk of hooliganry whilst they simulataneously propose a list of "Heroes" of the state. Ally with Rascists and pretend to be in power. All very amusing jokes from the ever-comedic F.I.P." - CMP Lord Speaker, The Countess Royal. |
| Date | 17:30:45, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | We call upon the CMP to refrain from slander in the Senate Chamber. Senate Warden Ben Milton |
| Date | 18:25:16, May 30, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | The CMP does not commit slander. I reject any call that we have done so. -CMP Lord Speaker, The Countess Royal. |
| Date | 03:11:07, May 31, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Constitutional Reform Act 2583 |
| Message | Consider it so called. Senate Warden Ben Milton |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 118 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 248 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 59 |
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