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Bill: Protocol Committee
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Liberal Congress
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3810
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, The Federal Liberal Congress is pleased with the debate which has taken place concerning the establishment of a Protocol Committee. We now present our first official draft of the bill: COMMITTEE ON PROTOCOLS OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF LODAMUN To uphold the standard of debate within the Presidium of the Great Democratic Republic of Lodamun (hereafter referred to as “The Presidium”), a committee is to be established which may hear complaints against members of the Presidium, and subsequently reprimand offending members. COMPLAINTS: Any member, who believes another member has violated the Protocols of the Presidium, may file a complaint with the Protocol Committee, and present his or her case for violation. DEFENDANTS: Defendants have the right to make a case outlining why they believe they did not violate the Protocols of the Presidium before the committee, if a case for defence is not made within 1 month, the committee may proceed with its ruling. In the event that a member who commits an offence is not identified, the Leader of the offending party will serve as the Defendant. NEW PARTIES: A new party will be viewed as one not yet holding seats in the Presidium, or one which has not yet contested an election. Members of new parties are entitled to a grace period, in which they cannot be reprimanded. This grace period will consist of the duration of time in which they have not contested in an election, won seats, or until it is believed they have developed an understanding of Presidium Protocols by the Committee Complaints may still be filed against new parties. The appropriate course of action in such an occurrence calls for education with regards to Protocols of the Presidium. ESTABLISHED PARTIES: Every established party has the right to appoint a member to the Committee, excluding the Complainant Party and the Defendant Party in each particular case. An established party will be recognized as one which holds at least 30 of the 599 seats in the Presidium, and which has existed for at least 8 years from its first contended election. Changes in party name or re-established parties will be viewed as successors and may count the service of their predecessors towards the 8 year requirement. PROCEEDING When a complaint is filed, the complainant must open the debate before the council (ooc: “propose a bill”). The Complainant must make their case before the Committee. At this point, the Defendant is welcome to make a case in their defence. This will be followed by each Committee member placing a vote or abstaining, and may be followed by an explanation. After the vote a single committee member must confirm the sentence (ooc: the final voting member is welcome to do this at the same time they place their vote) VOTING PROCEDURE: All eligible members of the Protocol Committee have the right to vote or abstain from voting. A majority of votes is required for a defendant to be reprimanded. Any committee member who does not vote within 6 months will be considered an abstention. PUNISHABLE OFFENCES: (A) The following offences will result in the member being banned from speaking in the Presidium for 3 months: (1) Failing to address the speaker during debate (2) Failing to address cabinet members by their titles (B) The following offences will result in the member being suspended from the Presidium for 6 months: (1) Falsely quoting another member or the constitution, with malicious intent (2) Presenting false information (ooc: real world references, etc.) (3) Interrupting a proceeding in which the member is not entitled or invited to speak (C) The following offences will result in the member being suspended from the Presidium for life: (1) Exploitation of the Presidium for monetary personal gain or illegal exchange of services (Corruption) (2) Exploitation of the Presidium on behalf of another nation (Treason) Members reprimanded under subsection (C) will be seized by Presidium security and transferred to the proper authorities for trial. SENTENCE If a member is found to have violated the Protocols of the Presidium. They are immediately suspended. However, if there is less than half a month remaining, time served will begin at the beginning of the following month. REINSTATEMENT If a member is reprimanded under subsection (C) and found innocent by a Court of the Great Democratic Republic of Lodamun. The member may be reinstated at the Committee's leisure. The member may only appeal to the Committee once per electoral term. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS Complaints may only be filed for offences which have occurred within the past 6 months. BOTCHED PROCEEDING If a ruling is found to be botched for any reason (ooc: a committee member does not vote, turns out to be inactive) the committee may vote again on the offence as long as it has been committed within the past 5 years. Francis M. Jones V FLC Chairman |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:37:33, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, what is the punishment for adressing yourself in the Presidium? Ludwig Murphy LNC chairman |
| Date | 15:29:45, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Lodamun Justice Tahreek | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | MR. Speaker, We could agree but before punishments a warning has to be issued. M.Hammad President Lodamum Justice Tahreek |
| Date | 15:35:10, March 02, 2015 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, It is the duty of an MP to know the protocols of the Presidium. If this proposal is accepted by the Presidium, its mere existence is sufficient warning. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
| Date | 16:24:37, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Federal Liberal Congress | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We would agree with the GNRG here. Please bear in mind that for a member to be reprimanded, another member must file a complaint with the committee. Members would of course be welcome to warn other members if they are breaking the protocol of the Presidium, without bringing them before the committee. I also have a few points I'd like to raise, with regards to the proposal: (1) We cannot decide if only the specific member should be banned from speaking during the sentence, or the entire party. We are also unaware what action would be taken when a member is not properly identified. We would appreciate the input of the Presidium in this matter. (2) With regards to addressing the Speaker when proposing legislation, we find that this is commonly broken, and are wondering if this should be included as a punishable offence. (OOC: when people propose cabinets, etc. it's understandable they don't wanna mess around with the text box) Francis M Jones V FLC Chairman |
| Date | 18:51:57, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | OOC: I think treaties are the only thing where we should be afraid of messing with the text box. |
| Date | 22:02:17, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Federal Liberal Congress | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | OOC: UPDATED |
| Date | 22:26:05, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | OOC: To think of it, I don't really think we should punish for not addressing the speaker in the bill description. We don't usually address The Speaker there anyway. The Speaker only needs to be addressed in comments. |
| Date | 23:06:23, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Federal Liberal Congress | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | OOC: I fixed that. let me know what you think of the rest. |
| Date | 23:17:36, March 02, 2015 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | OOC: I support the general idea. I'm just hoping players would abide by it. |
| Date | 05:04:50, March 03, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Jones is the person presenting the protocols, yet he adresses himself as Mr. Speaker twice. In this case Mr. Jones can adress the Presidium directly? Ludwig Murphy LNC chairman |
| Date | 05:18:21, March 03, 2015 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | OOC: You're confusing me. The Speaker isn't the person who proposes the bill. |
| Date | 15:40:47, March 03, 2015 CET | From | People of Freedom (P.F) | To | Debating the Protocol Committee |
| Message | Mr. Speaker. We appreciate the hard work put into this resolution. However we will vote against it on the crazy idea that it limits democracy. We would our views are respected. Raven Valentinn NDP National Spokesperson |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 322 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 277 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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