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Bill: Head of State Amendment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian 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: June 2147
Description[?]:
| In order to achieve economic savings and decrease the financial burden on the populace we propse to merge the offices of Head of State and Head of Government. We see no reason that both offices should exist this merely doubles the cost. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 also Head of Government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:20:57, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | We can see no purpose to having a separate Head of State and Head of Government. It will only increase the costs. Less government, more efficient government and cheaper government. |
| Date | 01:41:51, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | No. This tradition of two separate offices goes long back into Hutorian history. Why destroy a system that already works? |
| Date | 01:51:18, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | No. This tradition of two separate offices goes long back into Hutorian history. Why destroy a system that already works? |
| Date | 01:51:55, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | ooc: Sorry, double-post |
| Date | 05:19:01, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | I can agree with it to a point, but this can be seen as a step to cutting out the safty net of the govenment. |
| Date | 20:02:38, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | By doubling the cost? We have a constitution to protect the citizens from abuse of power. I cannot see the need for another expensive layer of bureauracracy. Just because something has always worked thus does not mean it is necessarily the best way. Otherwise a lot of coloured people would still be slaves and women would be expected to continue bearing children until their bodes stopped them! |
| Date | 02:39:21, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | Who are these 'coloured' people you speak of? ooc: this is not real life. |
| Date | 21:25:48, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Head of State Amendment |
| Message | OOC: However RL does lend some good arguments to cases. In a totally invented world we need a little link otherwise everyone would just god mod their arguments into cyber reality. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 73 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 153 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
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