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Bill: The Government is Overthrown
Details
Submitted by[?]: Peoples Peasants Party
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: April 2607
Description[?]:
| Be it enacted by 2/3rds... Also, if passed, the Supreme Governor will be placed under house arrest and shall relinquish his powers to the Chancellor. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The constitutional right and responsibility to propose a cabinet to the legislature.
Old value:: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Current: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Proposed: Only the Head of State can propose a cabinet coalition.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Current: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Proposed: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:08:18, July 17, 2008 CET | From |  Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the The Government is Overthrown |
| Message | We were originally inclined to support this, as an interesting change. But, the more we thought about it, the more we decided against it. For one thing, we're generally commited to both democracy and tradition, both of which are thrown out with this. For another, we like making cabinets, and also what happens when Cabinet members die and cannot be replaced? And we like running for Supreme Governor. That's two of our favourite parts of the game taken away right there. In a similarly OOC vein, trying to take over permanently like this (though this proposal didn't go so far as to set term lengths to ridiculously long times, as happened once before in Jakania (it was undone just as the SLP first arrived on the scene)) seems almost less like trying to grab and keep power for ourselves and more like deliberately trying to keep newer parties out, thus deliberately reducing their enjoyment; almost tantamount to griefing. Yes, it's just a game, but still we wound up deciding to vote (or refrain from voting, as the case may be) with our consciences. Except pretend that sentence doesn't carry any sanctimonious connotations, because that's not what I mean to connote. (Actually, we meant to eventually make some sort of actual decision, but hemmed and hawed too long and missed the deadline. But this is probably what we would have decided anyway.) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 94 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 45 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 119 |
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