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Bill: Resignation of the Pontifex Maximus and Acceptance of Joesph Oriol as Pontifex Maximus
Details
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 3099
Description[?]:
| Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest. In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation. Throughout the long and difficult period of air, earth, and water , I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me. In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the senate to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future. But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged. I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interest of the Nation must always come before any personal considerations. From the discussions I have had with senatorial and other leaders, I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the senate that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the Nation would require. I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as Pontifex Maximus, I must put the interest of Telamon first. Telamon needs a full-time Pontifex Maximus and a full-time senate, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad. To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the Pontifex Maximus and the Senate in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home. Therefore, I shall resign the Archbishopric effective at noon tomorrow. Joseph Oriol will be sworn in as Pontifex Maximus at that hour in this office. http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=89&p=28325#p28325 |
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 435 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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