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Bill: Restoration of the Monarchy
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Monarchist 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: August 3003
Description[?]:
We the people of Trigunia believe a monarchy is a more stable form of government. So today we vote to reform our great nation into a Constitutional Monarchy and to allow several new freedoms! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The way adulthood is determined.
Old value:: Adulthood is determined by religion.
Current: Adulthood is determined by age.
Proposed: Adulthood is determined by age.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Current: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Proposed: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The title of the head of government, who chairs the cabinet.
Old value:: Prime Minister
Current: Министр-президент Тригунская империи; tr. Ministr-Prezident Trigunskaya Imperii (Minister-President of the Trigunian Empire)
Proposed: High Chancellor
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: President
Current:
Yego Severnoye Velichestvo Maxim II, Imperator i Samoderzhets Trigunskiy, Velikiy Knyaz' Trigunskiy, Velikiy Knyaz' Brakovskiy, Lesnovskiy, Radinskiy, Vrosnokskiy i Zarvosopol'skiy, Graf Vladimirskiy, Podol'skiy, Nikolayevskiy i drugikh zemel', Knyaz' Rodsyadamskiy, Velikiy Pokrovitel' Medvezh'ye Logovo, Pobeditel' Khul'striyskoy Imperii v Trigunii i v Kerise, Tsar' tsarey, Gosudar' Gosudarey, Vysochayshiy Gusar Radina, Khranitel' Svyatogo Vatikana, Getman Alazinderskikh Kazakov, Patriarkh Doma Khushi i pr., i tak daleye i tomu podobnoye... (His Northern Majesty, Maxim I, Emperor and Autocrat of Trigunia, Grand Prince of Trigunia, Grand Prince of Brakov, Lesnov, Radin, Vrosnok and Zarvosopol, Count of Vladimirsk, Podolsk, Nikolaevsk and other territories, Prince of Rodshyadam, Grand Protector of the Bear's Den, Conqueror of the Hulstrian Empire in Trigunia and in Keris, Tsar of Tsars, Sovereign of Sovereigns, Highest Hussar of Radin, Guardian of the Holy Vatikan, Hetman of the Alazinder Cossacks, Patriarch of the House of Khusha, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth...) |
Proposed: His Royal Northern Highness Tsar Leopold I of Trigunia, represented by his High Chancellor.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: House of Councillors
Current: Императорская Дума; tr. Imperatorskaya Duma (Imperial Duma)
Proposed:
House of Lords |
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: The municipal councils exercise mayoral powers.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Current: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers are mandatory in schools.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: Any form of religion is banned.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 250
Current: 600
Proposed: 500
Debate
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Vote | Seats | |
yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
no | Total Seats: 100 | |
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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