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Bill: Minor Party Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Englehart Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 4054
Description[?]:
| The minor parties have little influence in any debate, which means that the minor parties are unable to move forward as a party. The government must give at least some of its large amounts of power to the minor parties. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State is also Head of Government.
Current: The Head of State is also Head of Government.
Proposed: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 200
Current: 150
Proposed: 351
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The salaries of members of parliament and/or government.
Old value:: Members of parliament and/or government have all their expenses paid for by the state.
Current: Members of parliament and/or government are entitled to a comparatively average 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 | 22:28:02, July 04, 2016 CET | From | The Englehart Party | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | The major parties make all the decisions. All of them. Therefore, the minor parties are considered "useless" and "insignificant", and are unable to truly represent their clients and the members of the population that support them. The minor parties need more power to represent their voters and to truly have a say in the topics and discussions that arise in the government. |
| Date | 23:23:24, July 04, 2016 CET | From | Nationalsozialistische Partei (NSPD) | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | The minor parties are minor for a reason. |
| Date | 23:26:34, July 04, 2016 CET | From | The Englehart Party | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | I'm not saying we should make the minor parties as powerful and as influential as the major parties - that would be pointless. All I'm saying is that there needs to be more balance in the government, such as having an odd number of seats in the Reichstag and making the Head of State and Head of Government two different people so that one man does not have all the power. The minor parties are minor for a reason, but right now they're TOO minor. |
| Date | 23:37:26, July 04, 2016 CET | From | Nationalsozialistische Partei (NSPD) | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | Are you seriously suggesting of stripping our glorious Führer of his power? |
| Date | 23:52:05, July 04, 2016 CET | From | The Englehart Party | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | "Stripping our glorious Führer of his power" is not the way I would put it. "Re-balancing the government and giving a little more power to the minor parties" is a better way of putting it. One large party ruling the entirety of the nation is not the way our glorious nation should be ruled. Our political parties should work together to bring about true prosperity to our nation. One large party should not be the one to call all the shots and make all the decisions. Minor parties should have a say too. If the Führer were to go absolutely insane and therefore incapable of running our nation, what's preventing another man who is possibly crazy and unstable from taking office? Who will be the voice of reason? The Arbitrator? If "stripping our glorious Führer of his power" is the only way to give the minor parties a voice, then the answer is unfortunately yes. Unless of course, you would be willing to accept the other terms of this bill with the exception of Article 1. If you would be willing to Increase the number of legislative seats to 351 and revise the salaries of government members, then perhaps the Führer can keep his power over the people. |
| Date | 15:42:22, July 05, 2016 CET | From | The Conservative Party | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | A single man should not wield such power over the entirety of our nation. By diverting power elsewhere in such a fashion as proposed, the top positions of government will still require a mandate from the Darnussian people but will act as a fail-safe for potentially despotic rulers. (This is not an accusation, Führer) An increase in the number of parliamentary seats will increase the voting power of a single citizen, therefore pulling democratic control closer to the citizen himself. Centralisation can be important, however devolution can aid lesser matters in which big government is redundant. Politicians attain office in order to change the state for their citizens and country. By bribing individuals with large pay-cheques, you cheapen democratic control and play into the hands of those selfish individuals with whom money is their only goal. |
| Date | 19:42:41, July 05, 2016 CET | From | Darnussian Union Party | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | It is the right of the Minor Parties to Suggest this Bill because We feel that Everyone needs a fair share of power. Everyone deserves to rule. I support Article 2 and 3 in this regard. This bill will require to create a new government with everyone having a role to play. |
| Date | 19:53:46, July 05, 2016 CET | From | Nationalsozialistische Partei (NSPD) | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | I can see the use in increasing the number of seats, but I do not agree with the other articles. |
| Date | 01:41:21, July 06, 2016 CET | From | Darnussian Freedom Party | To | Debating the Minor Party Bill |
| Message | The problem with this nation is that no minor parties have ANY say in the politics of the country; let alone a small say. This is called corruption and must be eliminated from any government in any part of the world if they have any progressive thoughts in their mind. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 200 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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