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Bill: Name Change Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative 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: November 2149
Description[?]:
| The NCP there is a degree of unnecessary confusion resultant from the names we have assigned to certain political offices and therefore propose a bill to address this confusion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The title of the head of government, who chairs the cabinet.
Old value:: Premier
Current: Premier (First Minister),
Proposed: Prime Minister
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: Chancellor
Current: Staatspresident (State President),
Proposed: Consul
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:01:37, November 30, 2005 CET | From | Ikradonian Faith Party | To | Debating the Name Change Bill |
| Message | Why change this tradition? How can there be confusion when Ikradonians have been used to these titels for years? |
| Date | 16:13:07, November 30, 2005 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Name Change Bill |
| Message | We've never had a Prime Minister, and "President" didn't last long once the ability to change it was implemented. Wouldn't this become even more confusing? |
| Date | 16:32:11, November 30, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Ikradon Party | To | Debating the Name Change Bill |
| Message | We don't think that's important at the moment altough we prefer the proposed new titles. |
| Date | 17:11:07, November 30, 2005 CET | From | Neoretropostmodernist Party | To | Debating the Name Change Bill |
| Message | I kind of like the current names, although I did prefer the UPI's proposal of First Citizen way back when. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 116 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 364 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 119 |
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