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Bill: HoS Act of 2152
Details
Submitted by[?]: Traxian Imperial 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: September 2153
Description[?]:
| If the head of state is a seperate office with the title emperor, it would be better suited to be hereditary and symbolic rather than another office. This will stop the 'Emperor' from gaining too much power and over-ruling laws passed by the senate. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Current: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Proposed: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:43:53, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the HoS Act of 2152 |
| Message | The NPG wholeheartedly agrees with this Bill. |
| Date | 15:37:16, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the HoS Act of 2152 |
| Message | It's just a name.. but we agree with the Constitutional Monarchy system. |
| Date | 18:28:22, December 09, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the HoS Act of 2152 |
| Message | We disagree. There is absolutely no reason to create and waste money on a royal family, allowing them to become the biggest example of the deficiencies of state welfare programs. |
| Date | 05:06:27, December 10, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the HoS Act of 2152 |
| Message | Actually, after reading what the PPP has stated, we change our vote. |
| Date | 11:51:02, December 10, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the HoS Act of 2152 |
| Message | The Constitutional Monarchy system is one that has many advantages- foremost of which being that it allows for 'loyal dissent'- that is, one can criticise the government without actually criticising the state, because the person embodying the state (the symbolic Monarch) has little or nothing to do with the operation of the state. Also, there is always a person that other nations can see as Gaduridos, regardless of what crazy person has been installed into the office of Head of Government. This gives a certain consistency for the purposes of our image in the eyes of other nations, and the cost is not exhorbitant. A constitutional Monarchy is useful for the purposes of giving our people a symbol, much like a flag that they can look up to. We needn't allow this to simply become a joke like some other royal families (OOC: i.e. RL British Royal Family)- this can always be a more morally powerful position- one protected from foolish slander and gossip by our own laws. Besides, lacking hundreds of years of inbreeding, there is actually potential for intelligent Emperors, who really can offer our nation a true moral leader to whom we can look. I implore the nationalist party to reconsider. |
| Date | 13:59:41, December 10, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the HoS Act of 2152 |
| Message | A true moral leader worthy of being looked up to should have power. Wasting such potential is surely unwise. Criticism for the government should never need to take place via a third party, nor should it require a scapegoat. Our politicians should be held directly responsible for their actions in every case, as should our state and our people. In many recent matters we have found ourselves in agreeance with the PIP and while it is unfortunate that we disagree on this matter, it does not lessen our respect for your party. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 211 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 230 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy allows you to establish an unelected head of state like a monarch or a president-for-life, but doing this is a bit of a process. First elect a candidate with the name "." to the Head of State position. Then change your law on the "Structure of the executive branch" to "The head of state is hereditary and symbolic; the head of government chairs the cabinet" and change the "formal title of the head of state" to how you want the new head of state's title and name to appear (eg. King Percy XVI). |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |