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Bill: Cabinet Proposal of July 2152
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fenner Brockway Socialist Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: March 2153
Description[?]:
| Proposing a Cabinet |
Proposals
Article 1
The responsibilites of Head of Government will be conducted by the Aldegar Liberty Party
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the Novy Smer Party
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Progressive Conservatives
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Sanctaphrax Party
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Progressive Liberal Party
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the Progressive Conservatives
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Fenner Brockway Socialist Party
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Progressive Liberal Party
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Novy Smer Party
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Aldegar Liberty Party
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Aldegar Liberty Party
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Fenner Brockway Socialist Party
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Fenner Brockway Socialist Party
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:29:25, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of July 2152 |
| Message | The left alone does not currently have a majority to govern, but nor do most Aldegarians wish to see government by the extremist aristocrat of Hirikena. We therefore propose this balanced and sensible coalition. |
| Date | 22:22:25, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Aldegar Liberty Party | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of July 2152 |
| Message | While we do appreciate the Fenner Brockway's trust in the Aldegar Liberty Party to run the nation properly, we must decline for several reasons. First, we differ too radically from Novy Smer on nearly every issue and we believe that any coalition must be somewhat together in policy and the Novy Smer's and the Aldegar Liberty Party are anything but. Second, much smaller, but still an issue is the fact that the Civil Liberties Party does not hold any seats in this proposal and we consider the Civil Liberties to be one of the two parties closest to our own. Finally, it's a matter of economics, while we often agree with the "left" on the issue of civil liberties and often push even harder than the "left" to expand rights and freedoms, we cannot reasonably form a coalition with socialist parties. Our current coalition consists of two mostly laissez-faire capitalist parties and two regulatory (to differing degrees) capitalist parties. We cannot justify leaving that to join a coaliton that would feature three regulatory capitalist parties and two socialist parties along with ourselves. |
| Date | 02:08:43, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservatives | To | Debating the Cabinet Proposal of July 2152 |
| Message | As the PC Party once again holds the balance of power here, we feel that it is necessary to voice our opinions. We support -- in general -- the idea of working with more parties in Aldegar on legislation and government. We don't, however, believe that we can work in a coalition with the Novy Smer party, given this party's track record in legislation (ie. often proposing radical legislation that most, if not all, other parties vote against) and in its attitude towards and treatment of other parties. We must, regrettably, vote against this proposal due to the inclusion of Novy Smer. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 288 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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