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Bill: Cabinet Negotiations 3165
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian True Christian Party
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: August 3166
Description[?]:
| "Most democracies, when no party holds 50% of the support of the voters, negotiate some kind of Cabinet balance - usually creating a Coalition Majority, and a Minority or Shadow Cabinet. We appear to have skipped the negotiation stages, which is fine - we did manage a smooth transition, and that is important. The True Christian Party attempted to advance a kind of 'Unity' Coalition, allowing representation for ALL parties, proportional to their electoral success. Unfortunately, this 'Unity' Cabinet was opposed and, in some cases, explicitly refused. There's nothing we can do about that - we can't force other parties to join our Unity Coalition - but we CAN offer alternatives. So, this 'alternative' offers seats to parties that WERE willing to at least CONSIDER the Unity Cabinet. It can't hurt to see how it fares. If it fails, we can always offer other alternatives." --- Malik-rabban of Ushalande Chairman of the Deltarian True Christian Party High Priest of the True Christian Ministry First Patron of the Council of Saints. |
Proposals
Article 1
The responsibilites of Head of Government will be conducted by the Deltarian True Christian Party
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the Progressive Party
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Thatcherite Alliance
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Progressive Party
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Thatcherite Alliance
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the Progressive Party
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Thatcherite Alliance
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Progressive Party
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Thatcherite Alliance
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Progressive Party
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Thatcherite Alliance
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Progressive Party
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Thatcherite Alliance
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:16:00, August 13, 2011 CET | From | Deltarian True Christian Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Negotiations 3165 |
| Message | "We thank the Thatcherite Alliance and the Progressive Party for their consideration. Coalition Cabinets often bring together unlikely partners, and we are extremely appreciative that such disparate elements managed to put aside their differences for the greater good. Obviously. we expect there to still be political conflict. Our 'Coalition' is not a change of political affiliation or belief. It's more important than that - it's an ability to reach beyond that for the greater good. Hopefully, we've got some kind of platform for development here. The True Christian Party firmly believes in Unity in governance, and that is an agenda we're likely to keep following - the only question is whether others are willing to negotiate, or actually prefer a hardline Majority/Shadow paradigm. We leave the negotiations to the Forum, of course." --- Malik-rabban of Ushalande Chairman of the Deltarian True Christian Party High Priest of the True Christian Ministry First Patron of the Council of Saints. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 192 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 111 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 69 |
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