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Bill: OOC: Motion to Appoint Dr Marlene Davidson as Speaker of the Federal Senate
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party
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: January 4076
Description[?]:
| We, the BPDP hereby propose the motion that Dr Marlene Davidson be appointed the Speaker of the Federal Senate as soon as possible, as required by the last line of the election rules, stated here: Then, the Federal Senate will vote on a formal motion to appoint the member in question to the Speakership |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:59:16, August 14, 2016 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC: Motion to Appoint Dr Marlene Davidson as Speaker of the Federal Senate |
| Message | Fourth round results: Davidson: 35 BPDP + 36 NLP + 12 KotP = 83 (50.92) Florea: 1 BPDP + 48 NLP + 24 KotP = 73 (44.79) Abstain: 2 NLP + 4 KotP = 6 (3.68) Spoilt: 1 KotP (0.61) |
| Date | 14:59:53, August 14, 2016 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC: Motion to Appoint Dr Marlene Davidson as Speaker of the Federal Senate |
| Message | Our second female BPDP speaker |
| Date | 16:10:10, August 14, 2016 CET | From | Regionalist Coalition | To | Debating the OOC: Motion to Appoint Dr Marlene Davidson as Speaker of the Federal Senate |
| Message | The NLP will oppose this appointment, despite many of our Senators voting for the winning candidate, as we do not believe this election to be valid. Dr Davidson only won the votes of 12.7% of Senators, 487 Senators did not vote at all. As such, we do not believe a quorum was reached, and deem this election invalid. To add to this, though the votes have already been cast and the result still stands, all NLP Senators are retrospectively withdrawing their support, meaning Dr Davidson now only holds the support of 7.2% of the Senate. It would be improper to support such an undemocratic appointment, we will stand against it. Sen. Graham Briant Chief Whip, New Liberal Party |
| Date | 19:24:45, August 14, 2016 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC: Motion to Appoint Dr Marlene Davidson as Speaker of the Federal Senate |
| Message | There is no need for quorum to be reached. One party was late, others decided not to take part and some decided to abstain |
| Date | 14:10:42, August 15, 2016 CET | From | Regionalist Coalition | To | Debating the OOC: Motion to Appoint Dr Marlene Davidson as Speaker of the Federal Senate |
| Message | Indeed, there is no constitutional need for a quorum, but we feel such an important post should not be awarded by but a fraction of the Senate. We believe this to be undemocratic. Sen. Graham Briant Chief Whip, New Liberal Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 407 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 44 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 299 |
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