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Bill: OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unionist 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: July 4184
Description[?]:
| "Mr. Speaker, you and your party have done it. You've finally won back power. But you didn't earn it, you stole it! I have reports from the Beluzian Times that state that the election equipment was tampered with, and potential Liberal voters were intimidated in between the first and second rounds of voting in the presidential election. How dare you! You and that witch have stolen the soul of our nation just to satisfy your own greed and desires. The Liberal Party will not let this stand, Beluzia will not let this go unnoticed! We will find the truth, and those who are guilty will pay for their ghastly crimes. Today, I demand that a Congressional investigation be launched to see if the election results of the June 4182 election were in any way tampered, changed, or undermined. Each party will nominate a single member to this investigation. Do not be mistaken, Jordan Fennessy is the true President Beluzia, the leader that this country needs, not some woman." - Eric Hamilton, Former President, Former Prime Minister, Former Minister of Finance, MC RESOLUTION 1) The House will form a committee to investigate the alleged voter intimidation and election fraud that took place during the election in 4182. 2) Each party in Beluzia will send one delegation to the committee. Each delegation will have one vote. Each delegation shall have no more than 5 members. 3) The committee will not be chaired by the Beluz Radical Revolutionary Party or the Beluzian Freedom party. 4) The Chair will be elected by the majority of the committee. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:34:19, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Unionist Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "Mr Speaker, Congressman Hamilton does not speak for the Liberal Party at all. Although we do support further investigation into this matter, we denounce the Congressman's language that only degrades the character of the President. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty sir!" -Catherine Schuyler-Hamilton, Former First Lady, Liberal Congressional Leader, MC (The Congresswoman has been legally separated from her husband since he left office as Prime Minister) |
| Date | 04:46:08, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Unionist Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "I am glad to call President Irene Luise Ó Seanáin my close friend. She has such a strong character and her love of this country has no bounds. To accuse the President of such drastic crimes and degrade her character in such a way is frightening. I'm surprised that this country voted for such a vengeful, misogynistic, man. President Irene Luise Ó Seanáin and the Beluzian Radical Revolutionary Party would never commit such a crime." -Casper Adams, Former President, Former Minister of Justice |
| Date | 05:06:12, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker. I do like Fennessy. He's a good guy, real nice, very enjoyable, very personable, strong grip. I don't even mind that my party has decided to abandon me in order to support him. The mind, uh, my mind, it boggles. Of course I know that's temporary, I'm coming back better than ever. My colleagues have recommended sensitivity training, I'm bettering myself. But I digress. Give me a moment, give a moment. I'm getting to my main statement. I'm not one to make accusations, but if this situation, this uh, manipulation is true, a real event, you know that's a very serious thing, very serious and very bad and the Republican Party will not stand for it. Absolutely not. This is where we draw the line. It's dishonest, it's dirty, it's bad politics. Am I fan of Ms. Ó Seanáin? Very pretty. I must say if she cheated through this election I'd have to rank her a bit lower. Maybe a 6. Investigation is necessary before I can make further comment." - Sylvester Palmer, Chairman of the Republican Party, MC |
| Date | 05:13:24, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker. I do like Fennessy. He's a good guy, real nice, very enjoyable, very personable, strong grip. I don't even mind that my party has decided to abandon me in order to support him. The mind, uh, my mind, it boggles. Of course I know that's temporary, I'm coming back better than ever. My colleagues have recommended sensitivity training, I'm bettering myself. But I digress. Give me a moment, give a moment. I'm getting to my main statement. I'm not one to make accusations, but if this situation, this uh, manipulation is true, a real event, you know that's a very serious thing, very serious and very bad and the Republican Party will not stand for it. Absolutely not. This is where we draw the line. It's dishonest, it's dirty, it's bad politics. Am I fan of Ms. Ó Seanáin? Very pretty. I must say if she cheated through this election I'd have to rank her a bit lower. Maybe a 6. Investigation is necessary before I can make further comment." - Sylvester Palmer, Chairman of the Republican Party, MC |
| Date | 05:15:41, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | OOC on top of this OOC: Thanks to my internet for sending that twice... Double the impact I suppose. |
| Date | 07:32:04, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "I have proudly accepted my role as Vice President of our nation. I have pledged to work with the BRRP in matters of government. But in the spirit of democracy, and to ensure that our systems are sound, my party will pledge support of an investigation into any rigging that may have taken place I am not alleging that this did indeed occur, I am merely placing my faith in our establishment to do what is right and ensure that our elections are fair and truly representative of our people and their wishes. May our nation live in interesting times, and may Beluzia be stronger for it." – Jordan Fennessy, Vice President, Former President, and Founder of the Beluzian Freedom Party |
| Date | 09:38:05, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "I am shocked to see that a political colleague that the BRRP has valued so highly will make such chauvinist, vengeful and misogynistic remarks towards our incumbent President, who has served our nation with love and has shown that she can overcome challenges, no matter how hard or troubling they may be. We ask the nation why they voted for such an anti-feminist person for President. The BRRP front bench is mostly composed of women, with only 2 men in positions. Is there any problem with that? I don't think so! So no wonder his wife separated from him! We deny any wrongdoing in the election, but for the sake of our nation and our democracy, our party will support any investigation into any rigging or illegal tampering that may have taken place to put our faith into the establishment and to ensure that elections are representative of our people and their wishes. After all, we are a left-wing populist party. We would also like to point out that The Beluzian Times is known for spreading many exaggerated rumours and is a fairly conservative newspaper, so we condemn them for spreading 'fake news'. We can assure the public that the intimidation of Liberal voters did not occur between the first and second rounds of voting and if there were, they would have been reported to the Election Commission, but according to them, no such complaint was filed, so we ask whether the Beluzian Times is simply trying to get us out of power without providing any legitimate evidence? Also, if we intimidated voters, more people would have voted in the second round, but the official electoral results show a drop of 15 million voters in the second round, so this claim is somewhat false. But nonetheless, we will support an investigation and if President Ó Seanáin is found guilty, she will resign immediately and hand over power to Mr Fennessy." ------ Professor Harriette Odell Boon A.P.S, PhD, M.Phil, B.A., B.S, B.Soc.Sci, Second Deputy Party Secretary and Incoming Minister of Justice |
| Date | 19:55:35, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Unionist Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "Congresswoman, the drop in the second round would be due to voter intimidation. There have been reports of voter intimidation and election fraud reported by not just the Beluzian Times, but Beluzia Today, Fort Thorne Times, and the Beluzian Post. The Election Commission has received various reports of voters being harassed and threatened if they voted for Jordan Fennessy. We second the motions of Congressman Hamilton to create a Congressional Commission to investigate the matter further. Each party will appoint a single member to the investigation. The Commission will not be chaired by the Beluzian Freedom Party of the Beluz Radical Revolutionary Party as they both have conflict of interests in the matter." - Catherine Schuyler-Hamilton, Former First Lady, Liberal Congressional Leader, MC |
| Date | 20:47:29, March 20, 2017 CET | From | National Progressive Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "The NPP sees no reason to interfere with the citizen's choice in past election, and we will stand behind our elected President an the BRRP. Furthermore the NPP only sees this as a way to distract the voters from the real issues, and for the corporatists to keep power, and as such, the NPP will keep out of this unless real proof is found." - Garrett von Bondeu, Chair of the NPP, MP. |
| Date | 23:12:15, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "If I may – Garrett von Bondeu is tossing around conspiracy theories to distract from the *real* issue at hand: the possible rigging of the election! We should spend less time listening to conspiracy theories and more time investigating the fraudulent election!" – Dakota Davis, candidate for the MInistry of Internal Affairs, Beluzian Freedom Party |
| Date | 23:21:51, March 20, 2017 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "This election was too close not to call an investigation. There wasn't even a two percent difference in votes. And the drop in voters in the second row seems suspicious to me. There were 847,129 voters separating the two parties. That's about 170,000 votes per stats. Perhaps hotly contested states such as Bailor were stolen illegally? I support this investigation. I believe that Congresswoman Catherine Schuyler-Hamilton should lead the joint investigation commission." – Candidate for the Ministry of Justice, Lunden E. Williams, Beluzian Freedom Party |
| Date | 02:29:11, March 21, 2017 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "But we would also like to point out previous Presidential election results. Many second round results also had a drop in voters. Would you call that voter intimidation? I actually think that this joint investigation commission should investigate all previous elections where there is a drop in turnout in the Presidential race! Only then will we be able to find the true reason behind this before making any unconfirmed claims of electoral fraud." - Professor Harriette Odell Boon A.P.S, PhD, M.Phil, B.A., B.S, B.Soc.Sci, Second Deputy Party Secretary and Incoming Minister of Justice |
| Date | 02:57:40, March 21, 2017 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "We would also like to tell the Liberal Party that Fort Thorne Times, and the Beluzian Post are also conservative leaning news papers and are known to have spread conspiracy theories and rumours involving leftist parties. I have here in my hands a copy of the report on the recent election written by the Head of the Election Commission himself and he has stated very clearly: 'On Election Day, no reports were made involving black suited men, thugs, campaign workers threatening, attacking or bribing voters to vote for a particular candidate and all voters voted their conscience for whomever they believed was well abled to lead Beluzia'. We ask the Liberal Party why they would believe such lies and how they can call themselves a party for the people. We do not wish to cause political fights between our two parties, as we are very good friends and Governmental partners, but we would like to demand an answer." - Professor Harriette Odell Boon A.P.S, PhD, M.Phil, B.A., B.S, B.Soc.Sci, Second Deputy Party Secretary and Incoming Minister of Justice |
| Date | 09:54:33, March 21, 2017 CET | From | United Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "The UPB is shocked and almost appalled at the Liberal's accusations. There is no more evidence of vote tampering in this election than there is in any other election. The drop in second round voter is quite usual, as some people decide not to vote in the second round because their first choice was eliminated or because they don't want to vote in the second round. The drop of 15,000,000 less voters in the second round than in the first is actually less than the drop in the July 4180 election, which was won by former president Adams. The 4180 election saw a drop of 19 million less voters in the second round, and yet no one questioned the legitimacy of Adams's presidency. This "investigation" is useless and will take up valuable legislative time, and will most likely come up with no evidence that this election is illegitimate. We also find it interesting that only members of the United Front organization are claiming that there was voter fraud, which makes me believe that is a desperate attempted to usurp power from the BRRP. Unless real evidence is found we will stand by President Ó Seanáin as the true president of Beluzia, thank you" -John Fredrickson, Chair of the UPB, MC |
| Date | 20:41:48, March 21, 2017 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "We stand by the President. I work with him personally, I am his vice president. But for the purpose of honoring our democratic system and ensuring it is not abused, we must support this. Again, I believe it was a legitimate election, but we must be sure." – Jordan Fennessy, Vice President, Former President, Founder of the Beluzian Freedom Party |
| Date | 23:42:59, March 21, 2017 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | "We here in the BRRP stand by President Ó Seanáin, as she is the leader of this great nation. We do not support elections that have been tampered with, but to honor our democratic system and ensuring that elections are free and fair, we will support the formation of this joint investigation committee. I believe that this was a legitimate election and that voters had to decide between a former President and a former Shadow Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, both popular politicians who were frequently tied in opinion polls. But again, we have to make sure that this was legitimate and not fraudulent. Until the investigation has started, President Ó Seanáin is not guilty for now." - Professor Harriette Odell Boon A.P.S, PhD, M.Phil, B.A., B.S, B.Soc.Sci, Second Deputy Party Secretary and Minister of Justice |
| Date | 00:42:01, March 22, 2017 CET | From | United Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | The UPB will participate in the investigation, but we don't expect that it will find anything, but if any evidence is found that the BRRP did interfere in the election we will accept the committees decisions and findings. -Jess Young, UPB legislative leader, MC |
| Date | 16:13:14, March 23, 2017 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Investigation into the Election of June 4182 |
| Message | The Labour Party would like to know if any evidence has been discovered yet? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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