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Bill: Freiheitsgesetz, 3746
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sozialreformistischer Liste/社会改革
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 3748
Description[?]:
| Herr Präsident, The lack of public financing for electoral campaigns makes it hard for those less well of to succeed. In a democracy such as ours, politics is about representing all of the people, not just those who are able to pay for representation. We therefore seek to implement a electoral funding programme available to all who seek political representation. Regina de Wyrch Generalsekretärin (SL) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Public financing of political campaigns
Old value:: Campaigns are never publicly financed.
Current: Campaigns are never publicly financed.
Proposed: All candidates receive public funds, and can still accept donations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:12:07, October 22, 2014 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Freiheitsgesetz, 3746 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, the kind of "freedom" this bill would bring about is a perverse one, namely the liberty of political aspirants, regardless of their seriosity or amateurism, to contest elections and fund their campaigns with the money of the taxpayer, without restrictions, even if they are, as a result of donations or personal wealth, affluent enough to do so themselves. If politics is about "is about representing all of the people", as Frau de Wyrch suggests, then we better had our politicians compete for their endorsement first before allowing them to access their money. Hayato Fujioka, MdR (Hilgar) geschäftsführender Justizminister |
| Date | 14:12:17, October 23, 2014 CET | From | Sozialreformistischer Liste/社会改革 | To | Debating the Freiheitsgesetz, 3746 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, The honourable gentleman from the FKP seems to have little idea about how quite a few people in our country live, with little ability to gain neither wealth nor fame. It shouldn't matter who you are if you want to run for an elected position, we are a democracy, not an oligarchy. Regina de Wyrch Generalsekretärin (SL) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 283 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 309 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to explain something you never said." - Calvin Coolidge |