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Bill: Political Campaigns Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People of Freedom (P.F)
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: June 3824
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker Let democracy reign, the public etc should have the choice to choose to support parties through giving of donations. Amy Lane M.P- P.F Leader in the Presidium |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Public financing of political campaigns
Old value:: Campaigns are never publicly financed.
Current: All candidates receive public funds but are not allowed to accept donations.
Proposed: All candidates receive public funds, and can still accept donations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:19:51, March 30, 2015 CET | From | FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability | To | Debating the Political Campaigns Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We have found rare common ground with PF, public financing will go a long way towards making Lodamun less corrupt and more democratic. Amanda Greentree FJS Chair |
| Date | 10:07:36, March 30, 2015 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Political Campaigns Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, May Amanda Greentree care to explain how this will make Lodamun more democratic? And is she calling the current administration corrupt? The current law is arguably more democratic. All parties get equal visibility. Our fear with allowing parties to accept private donations is that private businesses will fund their favourite parties and give them more visibility than parties that are not pro-business. We believe all parties should be equally visible so that the people can choose. We do not want big money to determine the visibility of parties and therefore their chances at success in elections. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Minister of Trade/Industry, Vice President of Lodamun |
| Date | 10:35:55, March 30, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Political Campaigns Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, it is donations that will cause corruption. Ludwig Murphy LNC chairman vice-President of Lodamun |
| Date | 16:52:30, March 30, 2015 CET | From | FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability | To | Debating the Political Campaigns Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We would prefer campaigns to be 100% publicly financed but this is a step in the right direction. Amanda Greentree FJS a Chair |
| Date | 17:40:06, March 30, 2015 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Political Campaigns Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, My party would also support such a bill. Campaigns should be 100% publicly financed. I realised that I did not read the current law properly. I am getting old and my eyes are not in their best condition. We prefer the proposed law over the current law, as it will give parties more even visibility than they have under the current law where all parties rely entirely on private funds. We would, however, prefer if campaigns were 100% publicly-financed. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Minister of Trade/Industry, Vice President of Lodamun |
| Date | 02:20:46, April 01, 2015 CET | From | Red Party | To | Debating the Political Campaigns Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We don't agree with this bill on the grounds that we reject based on thr following premise We don't feel that adding donations helps in fair elections, in fact we feel that it plays a role that it shouldn't. José Batlle y Ordóñez Chairman of red party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 183 |
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