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Bill: Senate seats
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Republic Progressionist 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: January 3186
Description[?]:
| This will increase the number of senate seats to 500. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 425
Current: 75
Proposed: 500
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:54:06, September 19, 2011 CET | From | United Liberal Caucus | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | The United Liberal Caucus supports this. This will allow more people to have a voice and a vote in our electoral system. -Grace S. Lough Speaker of the United Liberal Caucus |
| Date | 00:01:12, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Federal Independent Party | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | Change for the sake of change. There is little rationale for this. FIP Senator Michael DiSalle |
| Date | 01:06:56, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | "This would only split communities. It makes little sense." Eva Cameron, Shadow Internal Affairs Minister & Unionist Senatorial Lead. |
| Date | 01:22:45, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Federal Republic Progressionist Party | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | No it makes perfect sense. We have had 425 seats when we had only 4 parties, but we now have 8. We're using the number of senators used in a 4 party nation when we have 8. |
| Date | 02:30:06, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Chann National Party (CNP) | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | We support this bill. |
| Date | 05:45:38, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Federal Independent Party | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | The PSCP's logic is something I would expect from an elementary school student who colors Solentian flags in for civics and government class. Just because more parties comes doesn't mean a change of seats is necessitated. That is possibly the most ridiculous argument ever posed by a party in opposition to the number of seats. So let me pose this, when the number of parties dwindles down to four, three, or two, which in our nearly 800 year history has happened innumerable times, does that qualify for the seats in the Senate to be reduced? According to the PSCP, every time a party leaves or enters the Senate, the Senate must accordingly shrink/grow to satisfy their needs. The Senate is not to cater to the needs of fledgling and upstart parties, it is an institution that remains unchanged over time for the purpose of consistency. What a confusing argument, the PSCP continues to amaze me with its senseless proposals. FIP Senator Lorenzo Cardeau |
| Date | 10:36:12, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Democratic Catholic Party | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | "We reject this law and all the nonsense proposals of PSCP" Demetreo Nerx Senate Warden & Leader of SPP |
| Date | 23:38:14, September 20, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | Labour agrees with the statements made by Senator Cardeau. |
| Date | 03:20:22, September 21, 2011 CET | From | United Liberal Caucus | To | Debating the Senate seats |
| Message | The ULC supported this before, but we dont agree with the rational the PSCP used to propose this bill |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 24 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 401 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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