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Bill: Administrative Changes
Details
Submitted by[?]: Movement for Democratic Change
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: November 2592
Description[?]:
| These are long overdue. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: Awake! Kirlawa Rise from field and street With strength and valour Get the people to their feet Unite! Kirlawa We know we have the means Our hearts and minds together Bind them with our dreams Arise! Kirlawa The fascists cannot win The people are united Our nation lies within Advance! Kirlawa Into the breaking day Together, under freedom Our light will show the way
Current:
| Awake! Kirlawa, Rise from field and street, With strength and valour, Get the people to their feet. Unite! Kirlawa, We know we have the means, Our hearts and minds together, Bind them with our dreams. Arise! Kirlawa, The fascist cannot win, The people are united, Our nation lies within. Advance! Kirlawa, Into the breaking day, Together, under freedom, Our light will show the way. |
Proposed:
| Awake! Kirlawa Rise from field and street With strength and valour Get the people to their feet Unite! Kirlawa We know we have the means Our hearts and minds together Bind them with our dreams Arise! Kirlawa Where everyone can win The people are united Our nation lies within Advance! Kirlawa Into the breaking day Together, under freedom Our light will show the way |
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: President
Current: Uachtarán
Proposed: Chancellor
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The age at which a person is considered an adult (limited between 12 and 24).
Old value:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:55:00, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan National Party (Leftists) | To | Debating the Administrative Changes |
| Message | We believe President to be an appopriate title for the head of state, support articles 5 and 4, but believe elections that there is already considerable time between elections, enough to govern effectively. We must decide whether to vote for or against this. |
| Date | 05:56:15, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan National Party (Leftists) | To | Debating the Administrative Changes |
| Message | The executive commitee has voted in favour of this bill, and therefore, we shall support. |
| Date | 06:30:39, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Administrative Changes |
| Message | Strongly opposed. The new Head of State title is OK, and the anthem change is acceptable; but all of the other articles we oppose. In particular, 42 IC months between elections precisely matches an OOC week, which provides the considerable OOC convenience of having the scheduled elections occur at the same time each week. 48 IC months is eight OOC days, which doesn't match anything. Also, we've had the number of seats in the Assembly set at 717 for almost a century and a half now. Maintaining it at this figure allows current and future party sizes to continue to be very easily compared with past ones, by simply directly comparing the number of seats, instead of needing to each and every time either manually perform the arithmetic or look it up in each party's table of percentages. (Why do new parties perpetually want to meddle with the total number of seats in the legislature? A change there would not give them any advantage whatsoever; it would just constitute an OOC inconvenience with no benefits.) |
| Date | 09:16:13, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the Administrative Changes |
| Message | We have problems with this proposal too. Art: 1. The current national anthem refers to the Kirlawan civil war and fascist domination. This era should not be forgotten. 2. We see no reason to change the title of HOS. 3. We believe that youngsters become adults at 16. No need for a change. 4. We are opposed to national sentiments. 5. No, the current legislative period is just fine to us. 6. The DFM agree with the KPJP on this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 441 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 276 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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