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Bill: Money in Politics
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Progressive (IP)
Status[?]: passed
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: September 4040
Description[?]:
| "Many politicians who run for office have no other option but to ask millionaires and billionaires for money. This can create a very corrupt government that does not represent the needs of the people. Also many people who come into politics can not live in a decent standard of living and must ask the rich for more money in order to live decently." -Nancy Klien, Statsminister |
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 but are not allowed to accept donations.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The salaries of members of parliament and/or government.
Old value:: Members of parliament and/or government are not entitled to a salary.
Current: Members of parliament and/or government are entitled to a comparatively large salary.
Proposed: Members of parliament and/or government are entitled to a comparatively average salary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:58:17, June 06, 2016 CET | From | Oberoende Alternativ (OA) | To | Debating the Money in Politics |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, I do not think the Statsminister understands why we do not pay politicians. It requires them to have another job outside of politics, so they have a connection to the real world." - Henrik Oberling Minister of Finance |
| Date | 12:21:48, June 06, 2016 CET | From | Liberalerna | To | Debating the Money in Politics |
| Message | Mr Speaker We would like point to the importance that MP:s are payed a comparatively average salary. As it now stand it makes many MP:s very many times more likely to bribery . Spokesperson for Justice Falk Olvsdotter |
| Date | 14:46:01, June 06, 2016 CET | From | Nationella arbetarpartiet, (NA) | To | Debating the Money in Politics |
| Message | Mr speaker, Tho we agree that money in politics are unnessesery and should be avoided,politians should not be forced to have other works , Fulvius Maurus, spokesman of economic affairs |
| Date | 20:12:14, June 06, 2016 CET | From | Nationella arbetarpartiet, (NA) | To | Debating the Money in Politics |
| Message | *but politians |
| Date | 06:24:19, June 07, 2016 CET | From | Oberoende Alternativ (OA) | To | Debating the Money in Politics |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, If we put salaries in place, it means they are depending on the government to make a living. So, they will be more desperate to get re elected. If not, they will do what is right, not is what is necessarily popular." - Henrik Oberling Minister of Finance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 99 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 51 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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