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Bill: Distribution of Mayoral Powers
Details
Submitted by[?]: Left Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 3242
Description[?]:
| For a more stable and open democracy we want to give the assemblies more power, and thus more to the people. Yet, these municipal councils should appoint a leader, but one who holds little real power. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: The municipal councils exercise mayoral powers.
Proposed: The municipal councils exercise mayoral powers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:09:26, January 11, 2012 CET | From |  Liberala Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Distribution of Mayoral Powers |
| Message | YES YES YES |
| Date | 08:44:02, January 12, 2012 CET | From | Social Congress | To | Debating the Distribution of Mayoral Powers |
| Message | I'm going to vote no: lack of an identifiable leader would lead to a lack of consciousness about local democracy imo. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 339 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Because democracy is not a spectator sport." - 2004 Democratic campaign slogan |