We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Constitutional Amendment to Allow More Parliamentary Representation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Restoration 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: June 2703
Description[?]:
| This is the amendment that we all agreed should happen: increasing the seats in the Federal Parliament from 599 to 700 to better represent the changes in the Rutanian population and interests. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 599
Current: 650
Proposed: 700
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:50:49, January 27, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment to Allow More Parliamentary Representation |
| Message | We shall go ahead and move this bill to the voting phase as we have already passed (with the supermajority concurring) the exact same bill, just without the amendment attached. |
| Date | 12:02:04, January 28, 2009 CET | From | Imperium Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment to Allow More Parliamentary Representation |
| Message | We support the increase of seats in parliament, which would mean better representation, but this would mean more constiuencies will have to be created. Overral we support the seat increase but this proposal is not acceptable, that being it is only 700 seats. We would want the OP to propose another amendment to change the seat number to '699'. This is because we do not want a deadlock when the voting procedure begins. Bills will not pass if there is a draw i.e. same number of seats supporting no and yes. It is best to keep it an odd number so that a bill always passes or defeated. Abraham James Zoratatt Prime Minister |
| Date | 23:17:54, January 28, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment to Allow More Parliamentary Representation |
| Message | Good point. We shall propose said amendment. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 563 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
| Random fact: Your user name is not your party name. Choose a concise and easy to remember user name. You can change your party name at any point in time later in the game. |
| Random quote: "When was the last time you talked about race with someone of a different race? If the answer is never, you're part of the problem." - Bill Bradley |