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Bill: Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill presents the formation of a cabinet. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. Traditionally, parties in the proposal vote yes, others (the opposition) vote no. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in and all parties in the proposal have voted yes, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2617
Description[?]:
| Proposing a cabinet which includes the radical elements of Kalistani Society from both the left and the Right |
Proposals
Article 1
The responsibilites of Head of Government will be conducted by the Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK)
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the Kalistan National Party
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Kalistan National Party
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Pansexual Peace Party -- FNORD
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK)
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK)
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Pansexual Peace Party -- FNORD
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Kalistan National Party
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Kalistan National Party
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK)
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Pansexual Peace Party -- FNORD
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:31:36, August 04, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | This cabinet includes all three old left Parties, plus the top rightist Party, the Nationalists. We proposed the traditional leftist ruling coalition and SPoK, who was particularly impressed by recent nationalization votes by the Nationalists, decided that they were a good addition to the leftist governing coalition. All Parties that ran against the RFP in the Presidential Elections have been excluded from the governing coalition. Coalition math: SPoK+KNP+PPP+RFP = 404 Seats. A clear majority, but 96 votes short of a super majority, but given the reluctance of the government to vote together in the last cycle, this is not a major issue. SPoK takes 4 seats including the Chancellorship (in accord with Doctrine of Divided Government, where largest non-presidential Party is named to Chancellorship,) keeps Foreign Ministry and HSS, and adds Trade and Industry. KNP gains four seats, including Justice Ministry. Food and Ag, Sci-tech and Infrastructure and Transo go to the Nationalists. PPP gets three seats, keeping Defense and Environment and Tourism, while picking up Edu-Cult RFP keep Finance and trades food and Ag for Internal Affairs. RFP also has Presidency, making the total 2 + 1 Seats. |
| Date | 22:40:53, August 04, 2008 CET | From | AC-Federalist Party | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | Good luck voting together. We find it unlikely that this majority will stand. Congratulations on a well-run election, SPoK has spent a lot of time in the shadows, it was your time to achieve plurality. And even though we will be kicked out of the cabinet, there are no hard feelings. Respectfully, Rutherford Nelson II |
| Date | 00:01:46, August 05, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | We appreciate the kind and gracious words from the Federalists, and only wish you luck. It is bad for you, and in fact, nearly every Party in the government that the States' right confederation joined when it did and took votes from you all. Leftist Parties, including the RFP also suffered, and the only rightist Party that survive SRC's entry and did well because of it were the Nationalists. But the Nationalists vote with us half the time, which is more than we can say for the ILDA... er... I mean the Communists, so I have hope for this alliance, especially with regards to SPoK's nationalization agenda. They may not vote for the best possible black, but when we argue that the power grid needs to be nationalized or things like this, they are frequently the only other Party that supports those bills, and I think there we have a good basis for agreement. I predict you will all recover next election anyway, because the "restored" parties always do really well and then kind of fall off to their more natural position. We look forward to opportunities for cooperation with our small government adversaries. Serenely, SPoK |
| Date | 05:49:45, August 05, 2008 CET | From | Neo-Libertarian Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | The intermediate cabinet members belonging to the LPK have resigned in response to this measure. |
| Date | 16:00:34, August 05, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | One bit of correction. My math was off. With the KNP the ruling coalition would be 37 votes short of a super majority, coming in at 463 seats, not the afore mentioned 404. It still presents a gridlock potential regardless, because defection of the one right wing Party in the government can be enough to hold up legislation. Just a word of correction on the math. |
| Date | 02:47:43, August 06, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | Boy, if the Nationalists don't vote on this one, they're screwed. |
| Date | 03:03:47, August 06, 2008 CET | From | Neo-Libertarian Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | If neither of these cabinets pass, we will consider the current government to have collapsed and will feel obligated to call for early elections. |
| Date | 03:28:39, August 06, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | We intend to introduce a new cabinet immediately, with the Federalists in the Nationalists' place, in the event that this one doesn't pass. So hold your horses, there LPK. |
| Date | 03:32:01, August 06, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistani Radical Coalition Proposal |
| Message | OOC: The Nationalists haven't logged in in a day, so I suspect that if they did they would have voted for this proposal. But I'm also willing to bet that if the Federalists were given their seats, the Federalists would support the cabinet. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 290 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 287 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 173 |
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