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Bill: Budget proposal of February 2718
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2719
Description[?]:
| Some minor adjustments to restore some of the funds cut in our previous budgets to achieve surplus. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 100,000,000 IKD | 4,000,000,000 IKD | 4,000,000,000 IKD |
| Foreign Affairs | 8,000,000,000 IKD | 42,000,000,000 IKD | 42,000,000,000 IKD |
| Internal Affairs | 50,000,000,000 IKD | 44,000,000,000 IKD | 44,000,000,000 IKD |
| Finance | 1,000,000,000 IKD | 40,000,000,000 IKD | 42,000,000,000 IKD |
| Defence | 98,000,000,000 IKD | 60,000,000,000 IKD | 62,000,000,000 IKD |
| Justice | 90,000,000,000 IKD | 80,000,000,000 IKD | 80,000,000,000 IKD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 350,000,000,000 IKD | 200,000,000,000 IKD | 200,000,000,000 IKD |
| Health and Social Services | 45,000,000,000 IKD | 1,000,000,000,000 IKD | 1,000,000,000,000 IKD |
| Education and Culture | 50,000,000,000 IKD | 1,600,000,000,000 IKD | 1,600,000,000,000 IKD |
| Science and Technology | 50,000,000,000 IKD | 400,000,000,000 IKD | 450,000,000,000 IKD |
| Food and Agriculture | 30,000,000,000 IKD | 1,800,000,000,000 IKD | 1,800,000,000,000 IKD |
| Environment and Tourism | 70,000,000,000 IKD | 40,000,000,000 IKD | 40,000,000,000 IKD |
| Trade and Industry | 9,700,000,000 IKD | 700,000,000,000 IKD | 702,000,000,000 IKD |
| Total | 851,800,000,000 IKD | 6,010,000,000,000 IKD | 6,066,000,000,000 IKD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:09:37, February 27, 2009 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2718 |
| Message | As before, the Minister of Finance has our full support. We advise however that this bill not be brought to vote until there has been time to check with the rest of the coalition to ensure that there is consensus on this bill. |
| Date | 18:39:45, February 27, 2009 CET | From | Crimson Moon Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2718 |
| Message | We support this bill though we wish the government would cut it's spending. |
| Date | 19:20:09, February 27, 2009 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2718 |
| Message | I'm sorry but our MPs won't support this for the moment. BF supported the last budget. We wish to stress that a budget is a government responsability. For the moment, we have no government. The coalition partners CCC is refering to, are not their coalition partners anymore. Since the previous elections, we don't have a government anymore. We tolerate the incumbent government to stay in office, but only to finish the matters in hand. And a budget is never considered as matters in hand. There is simply no legitimate ground for this proposal! |
| Date | 09:05:25, February 28, 2009 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2718 |
| Message | I would suggest that your understanding is errorneous. The government remains in power until and unless an alternative government is approved by the Congress. The Congress may be dissolved for an election, but not the government. |
| Date | 13:29:33, February 28, 2009 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2718 |
| Message | Well I deny that. If you were right, why don't we have the possibility of submitting a motion of no confidence? That's because the government loses automaticly it's power after an election. I didn't deny that it remains in office, but only to deal with the matters in hand. The opposition here cannot force the government to resign, because the players of the governing parties usually don't recognize the motions that are passed by parliament. You may give me one good reason why a government keeps its full powers after having lost the elections. That would be like a government that is helped up without the support of a majority in parliament. |
| Date | 18:22:52, February 28, 2009 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2718 |
| Message | We agree with the NDP's statement of the legal facts involved in a government. BF is correct in that the current government is a minority government, and hence could be replaced at any time. It is therefore more of a caretaker than a director of policy. However, until the Congress approves a new government the existing government will continue to serve in that capacity. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 270 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 350 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 80 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy." - Howard Pyle (commenting on unemployment in Detroit) |