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Bill: Mayoral Appointment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour Party
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: September 4076
Description[?]:
| The MAA seeks to provide the President of the Republic with the power to appoint mayors because it would allow the President and wider nation's interests can be represented at the local level, without contravening the right of the people to elect their representatives. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Current: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Proposed: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:25:56, August 17, 2016 CET | From | The Conservative Independence Party | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | As head of state I don't believe this is in the slightest bit democratic. If this passes I could allow my best freinds who may not know a thing about politics let alone how to be in a position of power be a mayor. Labour go on about how the CIP want to create a dictatorship, well let's just say they stood against electing mayors, they stood against local democracy and now more power to local government! The people should elect there mayors like they do presidents! |
| Date | 14:38:51, August 17, 2016 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | We have never accused the CIP of creating a dictatorship. Mayors are, we believe, a somewhat ceremonial role with the true power being vested in the National Assembly and District Assemblies. [OOC: Can the SP clarify if this is true or not, I don't really understand where Mayors fit into the government.] If the President was to appoint his 'best friends who may not know a thing about politics' to this position, we are not sure he would do very well in the subsequent election. Local governments shouldn't have more power, this remains our view, in fact we actually think they have a bit too much power at the moment but that's an issue for another day. As it stands, local governments could, theoretically, have established heritary mayors and it would be perfectly legal thanks to this devolution. If the CIP doesn't support this Act then that is perfectly fine and we accept their reasons why but we would ask them to refrain from making (as they have throughout their entire existence) hyperbolic and unfounded accusations towards our party. This isn't an absolutely critical piece of legislation to our platform, it's just a suggestion to ensure that the President's view (and therefore the view of the majority of the nation) is heard on a local level. We ask each party to consider this thought and make a decision on it. |
| Date | 16:08:17, August 17, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | We would oppose the appointment of mayors by the Head of State. If anything, the SP would argue that mayors should be elected locally. So we would support leaving the law as it is. |
| Date | 18:20:39, August 17, 2016 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats of Kalistan | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | The DFA oppose. It is not the head of state's job to appoint mayors and we fail to see why it should be. |
| Date | 19:40:08, August 17, 2016 CET | From | The Conservative Independence Party | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | The Labour Party are trying to take the power from the people and put it in the hands of politicians. |
| Date | 20:16:55, August 17, 2016 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | Politicians which the people elect. As we have stated, if the CIP had disagreed with us in the manner of the SPoK and the DFA that would be fine but they insist on peddling conspiracies against us. There is simply no need. |
| Date | 01:33:07, August 18, 2016 CET | From | The Conservative Independence Party | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | We have no disagreement that the people elect the politicians but what is to stop me taking my best freind who knows nothing of politics and doesn't care about anyone but himself into power of a city? Obviously my frwinds aren't actually like that but some people would have the power to appoint anyone into the position of mayor. It's important to remember that mayors are politicians to and they should be judged and held to account by the people, and not by there work mates. |
| Date | 01:42:39, August 18, 2016 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Mayoral Appointment Act |
| Message | What is to stop you? a) Your decision-making skills b) The scrutiny of opposition parties c) The threat of failing to win subsequent elections We feel this argument is completely irrelevant to the legislation, parties can already decide who is appointed to the National Assembly on behalf of their party, nobody is asking ' what is stop me appointing my best friends who may not know a thing about politics' about that? Why? Because it's a moronic question, the answer should be self-evident; the concept of elected officials making decisions isn't an especially new one. Once again, could the Conservative Hyperbol- sorry- Independence Party tone down the exaggerations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 90 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 660 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" Charles De Gaulle, "Les Mots du General |