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Bill: Cabinet Proposal of March 2941
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Status[?]: passed
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: November 2941
Description[?]:
| Proposing a Cabinet |
Proposals
Article 1
The responsibilites of Head of Government will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the Labour Party
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Labour Party
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Labour Party
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Labour Party
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Labour Party
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Labour Party
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:39:26, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Duke Peter McCullum, HNP Leader, Mr Speaker, may i say to the Labour Party how undervalued they appear to be in this CLP dominated Cabinet. The CLP would occupy the three positions where genuine influence can be exerted ; Head of Government, Finance and Foreign Affairs. This Cabinet is most definatley weighted in the CLP's favour and we hope the Labour Party realise this because they should not go into coalition with the CLP simply to prop up their Prime Minister. Mr Speaker, We do realise that the Labour Party would probably accept this Cabinet how it stands and if they did it would prove HNP/FFF theories correct about how the Labour Party are simply a small, unambitous party. |
| Date | 14:02:18, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it is interesting, given previous statements, that the HNP do not believe that the Defence Ministry, the Home Ministry and the Justice Ministry are important government departments. Mr Speaker, that says it all about how the HNP's rhetoric is just simple opportunism. |
| Date | 14:07:53, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, currently what can those positions do as regards domestic policy or anything else for that matter? The position of PM obviously goes to the largest party in the coalition. Finance Ministry can propose budgets, taxes etc. Foreign Affairs can draft and propose treaties. Defence, Internal Affairs and Justice cannot do anything along these lines so yes Mr Speaker, they are a distant second place to the 'big three' Cabinet posts. |
| Date | 14:24:22, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we in the Conservative-Libertarian Party happen to believe that defence of the realm should be the number one priority for any government. Governments were initially formed for that very reason - to ensure that the people are immune from outside invasion. We believe that the second most important job of the government is to provide and ensure law and order. Given that defence, law and order, are provided for by the Home, Defence and Justice ministries, we have arguably given the Labour Party the three most important jobs in the government after the Prime Minister. We consider there to be six great departments, and we have split these down the middle accordingly. Given that we are the bigger party, by over 50 seats, we are being extremely generous by also giving the Labour Party half of the seats in Cabinet, as well as 3 of the 6 great departments. Mr Speaker, the HNP need to end this childish politicking and become a serious political party, earning the respect of the people of Hutori. |
| Date | 14:28:15, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we shall just see what the Labour Party make of this quite obvious power grab by the CLP. All the influential positions will be occupied by the CLP and its the Labour Party who will have to live with their decision. They are only offering them half the Cabinet positions because they are desperate for another party to support them and their power-grabbing ways. As for the HNP being childish, this is offering serious advice to the Labour Party. Hopefully this will earn respect between parties. |
| Date | 14:37:29, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, if the gentleman stopped before he spoke and checked his facts he would discover that this Cabinet proposal does not change what is already there. There are no departmental changes. It only needed to be proposed again because of the resignation of Duke Carter and the retirement of Marquess Kesrouani. Mr Speaker, the sage advice being offered by the HNP is about a year too late!! Mr Speaker, we doubt that the Labour Party would ever respect a party that proposes the oppression of the working man, ethnic minorities and homosexuals. |
| Date | 15:39:31, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, My party accepts these proposals, as they do not differ from the previous one. |
| Date | 15:54:53, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Typical Mr Speaker, the Labour Party have shown they are simply followers... |
| Date | 16:00:26, May 20, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of March 2941 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, i also note how the Labour Party dont bother to defend themselves, i suppose they leave this up to their CLP colleagues. Shows they have given up their right to speak in Parliament to the CLP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 216 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 175 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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