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Bill: Name changes for the government institutions
Details
Submitted by[?]: Konservativa Respublikano Parti
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: March 2594
Description[?]:
| Some of the old names are real throwbacks, designed to appease political movements that no longer exist. So, to modernise the names I've brought forward this bill. Also included is a minor change to the national anthem that has been bugging the hell out of me since I suggested the original one. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: The Soldier's Song Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Zardugal Some have come from a land beyond the wave, Some to be free, no more our ancient sireland Shall shelter the despot or the slave; tonight we man the Bearna Baoghal In Zardugal's cause. come woe or weal; 'Mid cannon's roar and rifle's peal We'll chant a soldier's song. We'll sing a song, a soldier's song With cheering, rousing chorus As round our blazing fires we thong, The starry heavens o'er us; Impatient for the coming fight, And as we wait the mornings light here in the silence of the night We'll sing a soldier's song Chorus In valley green or towering crag Our fathers fought before us, And conquered 'neath the same old flag That's floating o'er us, We're children of a fighting race That never yet has known disgrace, And as we march the foe to face, We'll sing a soldier's song
Current:
| Zardic (Esperanto): En la mondon venis nova sento, tra la mondo iras forta voko; per flugiloj de facila vento nun de loko flugu ĝi al loko. Ne al glavo sangon soifanta ĝi la homan tiras familion: al la mond' eterne militanta ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion. Sub la sankta signo de l' espero kolektiĝas pacaj batalantoj, kaj rapide kreskas la afero per laboro de la esperantoj. Forte staras muroj de miljaroj inter la popoloj dividitaj; sed dissaltos la obstinaj baroj, per la sankta amo disbatitaj. Luthorian (English): Into the world came a new feeling, through the world goes a powerful call; by means of wings of a gentle wind now let it fly from place to place. Not to a bloodthirsty sword does it draw the human family: to the eternally fighting world it promises sacred harmony. Under the sacred sign of the hope the peaceful fighters gather, and this affair quickly grows by the labours of those who hope. Walls of millennia stand firmly between the divided people; but the stubborn barriers will jump apart, knocked apart by the sacred love. |
Proposed:
| The Soldier's Song Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Zardugal Some have come from a land beyond the wave, Some to be free, no more our ancient sireland Shall shelter the despot or the slave; tonight we man the Bearna Baoghal In Zardugal's cause. come woe or weal; 'Mid cannon's roar and rifle's peal We'll chant a soldier's song. We'll sing a song, a soldier's song With cheering, rousing chorus As round our blazing fires we thong, The starry heavens o'er us; Impatient for the coming fight, And as we wait the mornings light here in the silence of the night We'll sing a soldier's song In valley green or towering crag Our fathers fought before us, And conquered 'neath the same old flag That's floating o'er us, We're children of a fighting race That never yet has known disgrace, And as we march the foe to face, We'll sing a soldier's song |
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: National Directorate
Current: Leĝdonaro (Legislature)
Proposed: Nation's Representatives
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:05:00, June 17, 2008 CET | From |  Federal Republican Party (ZC) | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | No thanks, not opposed to name changes but...not real keen on what's up. |
| Date | 16:24:44, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Brabantic Freedom Party | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | An Taoiseach 2x? |
| Date | 05:47:48, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Populist Party | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | Respectfully, Article 4 is the only one that strikes us as even plausible. |
| Date | 08:18:57, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | It's all open to negotiation. |
| Date | 08:39:14, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (ZC) | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | Perfectly happy with the way it is. |
| Date | 21:18:37, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Populist Party | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | We are not in opposition to this legislation in its modified form. We will support it. |
| Date | 21:22:40, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (ZC) | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | We are the "nations representatives" and now we'll be going to a building caled "Nations Representative" am I the only one confused by that? |
| Date | 10:39:19, June 19, 2008 CET | From | Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the Name changes for the government institutions |
| Message | Who says we're building a new place? It's only a renaming job. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 238 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 362 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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