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Bill: Democratic Reformation and Establishment of a Republic Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progresívny Súcitný Strana
Status[?]: passed
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: February 3046
Description[?]:
| For the purpose of reestablishing democracy in the nation of Likatonia and for providing the people with the basic rights to which all humans should be allowed and which they had been allowed, the constitution of the nation of Likatonia shall be once again amended as follows. (Amendments will be introduced separately. Amendment 9 The position of the Emissary and his powers thereof shall hereby be dissolved. The position of First Magnate shall hereby be dissolved. The powers of the head of state are hereby once again delegated to an Arcikancelár, who shall also serve as the head of government, as the head of the legislature, and as the chair of the cabinet. The Arcikancelár shall be elected directly by the people every three and three-quarters years. The ‘Concillium’, the legislature of Likatonia, shall hereby be renamed the ‘Kancelária’ and shall be headed by the Arcikancelár. The Kancelária shall be composed of 529 seats, each seat representing 1,500,000 people at the time of the original creation of this amendment and 1,750 people at the time of this amendment’s second proposal, but this number is not to change as population grows. To ensure equality amongst all peoples, proportion of the seats among the several regions shall be determined by each region’s respective population so that each region’s representation in the Kancelária shall be directly proportional to its population. The members of the Kancelária, shall be elected through an open party list system by the people of the several regions every three and three-quarters years. Each party of the Kancelária shall have full liberty to propose bills, but only the largest party may propose a cabinet, for the largest party is the one that the people have rightfully and democratically selected to lead all functions of the nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The number of proposals a party can introduce per year (will be handed out as a monthly quota).
Old value:: 6
Current: 20
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The maximum proposal quota a party can accumulate.
Old value:: 6
Current: 50
Proposed: 25
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The constitutional right and responsibility to propose a cabinet to the legislature.
Old value:: Only the Head of State can propose a cabinet coalition.
Current: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Proposed: Only the largest party can propose a cabinet.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Current: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Proposed: The Head of State is also Head of Government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: First Magnate
Current: President
Proposed: Arcikancelár
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Concillium
Current: Congress of the Republic
Proposed: Kancelária
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 72
Current: 36
Proposed: 45
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 75
Current: 75
Proposed: 529
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:08:17, December 14, 2010 CET | From | Progresívny Súcitný Strana | To | Debating the Democratic Reformation and Establishment of a Republic Act |
| Message | This will be added to more as my monthly quota builds up again. Hopefully after this is passed though, the quotas won't take so long to build up. |
| Date | 12:10:59, December 14, 2010 CET | From | Makkal Urimai Party MUP | To | Debating the Democratic Reformation and Establishment of a Republic Act |
| Message | we are against articles 1,4,5,6 we strongly oppose this bill |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 75 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air." - Changing Times magazine |