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Bill: Speaker Appointment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party of Luthori
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: September 3872
Description[?]:
| A bill to establish a role for the Speaker of the Diet. Upon the passage of this bill, 1. Every time a cabinet is proposed a Speaker is proposed along with it. a) The speaker nomination proposal bill shall be separate or can be included in the cabinet proposal bill. 2. The largest party in the cabinet will be the party that propses a speaker. a) If the largest party decides not to propose a speaker, the second largest party in the cabinet may propose one, and so on. 3. The speaker proposal must pass the Diet with a simple majority. a) If a majority is not achived the speaker is not confirmed. b) If another speaker is not proposed by parliament, the first speaker proposed will automatically assume office even if they didn't recive full confirmation by the diet. c) If the second speaker's nomination bill does not pass the Diet either, the first speaker that got nominated, will again assume the role of speaker even though they didn't receive confirmation by the Diet. d) A maximum of two speakers may be proposed in the Diet each term, no more. 4. The speaker must remain Independent during debate. a) While voting is going on, the speaker still must vote with their party. b) The speaker shall retain their party banner while in the Diet, while acting like an Independent during debate. 5. The Speaker must have a seat in the Diet. 6. When Members of the Diet or parties make statements during debate in the Diet they must direct their statements towards the Mr or Madam Speaker. a) OOC: This rule does not apply if the player is speaking in OOC (Out of Character) context, if they are speaking OOC, they must begin their statement with OOC: . b) If Members of the Diet of parties do not address the speaker before their statement, their statement will be ignored. c) This rule applies when players are introducing bills as well, if they don't wish to leave a comment with their bill they may put a simple X or any other letter designating no comment, but any comment made must be directed to the speaker. d) The only other time Members of the Diet or parties are exempt from stating IC (In Character) statements without referencing the speaker is when they are proposing a cabinet or a speaker nomination. e) The Prime Minister may also refrain from referencing the speaker and rather starting their statement with "Members of the Diet" if they please. Eric Richardson Leader of the Liberal Progressives OOC: This is a Government Roleplay bill, like other Roleplay Bills, it will pass if Two-Thirds of the legislature supports it, it will not be recognized otherwise. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:37:38, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: Does anyone have any questions, comments or concerns? |
| Date | 18:44:11, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: Shouldn't any party be able to propose a speaker, I mean where I come from any party can have one of the members as speakers or in the case of the upper house, the president of the senate. |
| Date | 18:44:32, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | In favour. |
| Date | 18:47:00, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: Normally it's the majority party, or a party in government, atleast that's what makes sense to me. Thanks for your support Choice :) |
| Date | 18:48:31, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: It might just happen in Australia then. |
| Date | 18:55:39, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: Yea I understand where your coming from, it's just if all parties propose a speaker it will start getting confusing, especially since terms are only over a week long OOC. |
| Date | 18:56:15, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: I see |
| Date | 18:58:04, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: I forgot that terms in reality are a week long |
| Date | 18:58:05, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | In the UK, the speaker is party neutral, which seems more fair to me in my opinion. Our current speaker used to be a Conservative before becoming the speaker. |
| Date | 19:03:34, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: the speaker in Australia is still apart of her party caucus but she is fully neutral in all parliamentary debates. |
| Date | 19:05:16, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | Personally I prefer them to be party neutral, especially since this nation is based off the UK. |
| Date | 19:06:53, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: I would prefer it too. |
| Date | 19:07:02, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: Would you guys like me to include that the Speaker, is appointed from a party and may retain the party banner but while in the house must remain neutral during debate? I'm also going to include that they have to have a seat in the Diet. |
| Date | 19:08:44, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: yes please |
| Date | 19:09:34, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: we are with the majority on this one |
| Date | 19:31:18, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | @LPP: No I'd prefer the Speaker to be 100% party neutral as they are in the UK. |
| Date | 19:34:03, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: Either Way, Liberal Progressives, we don't mind. |
| Date | 19:34:49, July 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Liberals | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: just as long the speaker remains neutral in debates |
| Date | 23:27:10, July 05, 2015 CET | From | Conservative Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Speaker Appointment Act |
| Message | OOC: To address the concerns of Choice, since the game does not allow independents (unless a party decides to be) we can only make the figure independent, while debate is going on. It's not like they will be debating anyways, or even talking, this act is just for Role Play and to ensure we are actually talking to someone when we reference the speaker. Shall we begin voting? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 430 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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