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Bill: Parliamentary Reduction Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Alliance
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 3440
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker Tonight I ask Parliament to consider reducing its size. It simply costs too much money to continue operating 599 offices. I might add that many of these members do not even attend their committee meetings. I realize that this proposal seems drastic, but I urge Parliament support this measure. I propose that 150 Rutanians sit in Parliament. Based on the current population, each province would obtain 30 seats. If we use the last election as a model, the seat composition would be as follows: Workers' Solidarity Movement - 46 Liberty - 42 Federal - 25 Democratic - 15 Libertarian Freedom - 9 Urban - 8 Progressive Conservative - 5 Government (Workers' Solidarity, Federal, Progressive Conservative) - 76 Opposition (Liberty, Democratic, Libertarian Freedom, Urban) - 74 If Parliament considers this resolution, we will be willing to part with a number of things. First, we would not contest the upcoming presidential election and would instead put our support behind another candidate. Second, we would give up our place in the cabinet for at least five years but vote to support a government that reduces the size of this body. Additionally, we will vote for five bills of the government's choice. We will not ask questions and will simply support the legislation. While it is unfortunate that so many members would not return to the next Parliament, we hope that these reforms can facilitate friendly discussions and more coalitions. Dean Farmer MP Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 599
Current: 650
Proposed: 150
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 88 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 473 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 38 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson |