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Bill: Mayoral Powers Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
Status[?]: passed
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: May 3254
Description[?]:
| 'We introduce this bill to allow direct election for local mayors and provincial leaders within our country. The days of dependency upon bureacrats from the centre is over.' John Simon Leader of Telamon |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: The municipal councils exercise mayoral powers.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:04:58, February 04, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Mayoral Powers Act |
| Message | Municipal councils are elected by the people, i do not see the enhancement in this act except for an extra office to fill. |
| Date | 20:54:26, February 04, 2012 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Mayoral Powers Act |
| Message | The old municipal councils were puppet institutions for maintaining communist control. This gives local people someone that they can hold directly accountable for local services and will increase the democratic accountability and profile of our regions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 550 | |
| no | Total Seats: 200 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency." - Eugene McCarthy |