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Bill: Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1)
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2611
Description[?]:
The Liberal Party hereby introduces the following Articles of Impeachment against the Prime Minister and First Commander of the Armed Forces Jonas Dale: Article 1: Violation of the Law According to Article 1 of the State of the Union Act which states: The Head of Government will adress Parliament every two years to inform about the State of the Union. No such adress to Parliament has occurred in three years. Article 2: Refusing to recognize Parliament members's petition to adress the aformentioned legislative body. A petition signed by Parliament members of the Liberal Party asked the Prime Minister to adress the nation on the State of the Union. The petition read: This is an ultimatum declaration issued to the Head of Government. Should you not, within the next six months, adress the nation about the State of our Union, we will introduce articles of Impeachment against you for a clear violation of the Constitutional Law set forth in the State of the Union Act Article 1. Article 3: Misguiding the citizens of the United Republics of Lodamun In multiple occasions the Prime Minister has refused to adress our nation citing "predence" not allowing our citizens and our Parliament to know the exact situation of our country. According to the Impeachment Process, this articles of impeachment will be put up for a vote in order to allow debate on them. Only a majority of votes present is needed. If the total of votes casted in favor of moving the impeachment to debate reaches seventy-six, the motion will immediately enter into the debate phase. |
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Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 03:23:31, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | The Impeachment Process is here: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=196617 The State of the Union Act is here: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=201949 |
Date | 03:24:27, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | Read the bill's description before voting. THIS IS NOT THE IMPEACHMENT. |
Date | 03:25:00, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | *THIS IS NOT THE REMOVAL OF THE PRIME MINISTER |
Date | 03:51:34, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | I direct your attention once again to the forums: http://www.takeforum.com/particracy/viewtopic.php?p=187986&mforum=particracy#187986 |
Date | 03:51:53, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | Forgot the OOC, well, the post above is OOC. |
Date | 05:38:01, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | Article 1 is a violation of the law, but article 2 is not a law, since the state of the union adress is supposed to be delivered no matter what parliament say, and it dosent change anything regarding the PMs duty to hold a state of the union. As for article 3. The PM has never cited any reason for not speaking about the state of the union, so that is completly false information (which is acctually a crime according to the freedom of speech law you introduced LP). Also, its not really illegal to misguide the citizens in the fact that there is no law against it, since the PM has not delivered any false information, he havent said anything on the subject. OOC: The PM is my character, and you cant say what he has or has not done, only I can do that. The best you can do according to the RP rules are claims. |
Date | 05:50:06, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | OOC: I can say what he hasn't done. He has said he won't adress the nation citing "precendence." I can use anything you have said because you have said it already. IC: Why is the LLP voting against moving this to a debate? The LLP has made it clear tht Article one is a violation of the law. Article 2 is a cause and effect. You don't deliver the adress, we, in Parliament, can petition the PM (or remind him) that he has to do it. The LLP is supporting a politician who has broken the laws. We do not want to see the LLP ever claim a law has been broken, we will simply ignore them. What moral grounds are we going to have to tell our people, "don't break the law, you are going to be punished", when we allow politicians to break them and walk away without just punishments? |
Date | 05:51:31, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | As for Article 3, it is cause and effect as well. The only reason the PM would not want to adress the nation is that he wants to hide information from our citizens. |
Date | 06:33:21, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | We believe that this impeachment should be allowed to advance to debate, however we are skeptical that Mr. Dale is indeed guilty of a office serious enough to warrant removal from office. |
Date | 10:40:42, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | Seems pointless. The state of the union address is hardly a vital part of our democracy, it hasn't been used before, we don't see why it is such an issue now. Its a really pointless piece of legislation. Article 2, well, it was hardly Parliaments petiton, it was the Liberal Party's petition, that only theLiberal Party backed. Ignoring a minority petition is hardly a great offence. Article 3, if the citizens, and Parliament itself, read the papers, and follow legislation they will know what is happening. It seems a odd point to raise, because it is so very trivial. Therefore we see no reason for debate on this matter to continue, there is no valid case for movement to impeachment. |
Date | 14:55:37, July 25, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | "Why is the LLP voting against moving this to a debate?" Because article 2 and 3 are not crimes, there is no law against doing any of them. If you are going to impeach propse a impeachment with article 1 and we will agree to move it to a debate, since thats the only crime here |
Date | 19:44:28, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | If you don't allow it to go to a debate, those articles cannot be removed. Just because they are here now, it does not mean that they will be voted upon later (to remove the PM). That's why we have a debate on it. |
Date | 19:46:06, July 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | "Seems pointless. The state of the union address is hardly a vital part of our democracy, it hasn't been used before, we don't see why it is such an issue now. Its a really pointless piece of legislation." How dare you say that? A Constitutional Law is pointless. It is clear that the Conservatives only see laws as laws when it is convenient for them. You have no respect for our laws, we won't either, our citizens won't either. |
Date | 13:22:15, July 26, 2008 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | Its not a constitutional law, its a normal law. We have respect for the law, but this is basically a convention that has never been used. No Prime Minister has ever honoured the terms of the State of the Union Bill, so why is it of such significance now? |
Date | 20:57:38, July 26, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Impeachment Against the Head of Government (Part 1) |
Message | Because it is a law. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHER PRIME MINISTERS. It is a law (constitutional) and MUST be respected by the CURRENT Prime Minister whether he likes it or not. |
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