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Bill: OCC:(RP)Establishment of the Office of Speaker of Parliament
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unity Labour 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: September 4279
Description[?]:
| Under the Powers vested in me as a Parliamentarian as stated in the laws of the game( Section 22), I hereby move a motion that a Constitutional RP law which requires a 2/3rds majority, just like the in-game mechanic constitutional laws to be debated in this honourable house and voted upon. Under the game laws as per section 22(4)3, I hereby move that legislators address the chamber in a specified way such as Mr Speaker or Madam Speaker depending on the gender/sex of the Speaker. The Speaker can be referred also as "House Speaker". A member of parliament can be seen as someone occupying a seat in parliament or Political Parties with Seats in Parliament. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 1- The Election of the Speaker shall occur after every election which can be proposed by any political party and simply require a simple majority vote(51%) in parliament to pass and be valid. (B)- Where there is a tie in votes in parliament on the election of House Speaker, the NationMaster of Malivia will then be the Speaker of Parliament (C)-If there is no NationMaster in the State of Malivia, the President then has the power to nominate any member of Parliament to take up the responsibility of House Speaker. Section 2- The Powers Vested in the Speaker of Parliament is to Preside over all settings of Parliament and is also considered as Chairman of Parliament. (A)- The Speaker of Parliament can discipline members of the Parliament if they use unparliamentary language in debates or engage in acts that breach the rules of the game under Sections 1,4 and 7. (B)- The Speaker of Parliament can determine that a member holding a seat in parliament to be void where they appear to be "party sitters through game moderation. Players who, over a prolonged period (usually meaning a minimum of 3 IG years/6 RL days) are just logging in but not voting on bills or contributing to debates, will be judged to be essentially not playing the game. (C)- The Speaker of Parliament can take disciplinary measures against members of parliament where they are in breach of game rules under section 8 and 22 through the moderator Section 3- The Speaker of Parliament will appoint someone to be his/her Deputy. (A)- The Deputy Speaker will perform same functions of the Speaker and also has the same powers to which they will execute in the absence of the House Speaker or where the House Speaker has breached the rules of the game or inactive. In Game Rules- http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6363 This Bill will not be passed unless it has the approval of 2/3rd Majority (66%) votes in Parliament and cannot be repealed or amended unless it has a simple majority approval from parliament. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:42:27, September 26, 2017 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the OCC:(RP)Establishment of the Office of Speaker of Parliament |
| Message | We support Mr President. well put together. |
| Date | 17:57:43, October 01, 2017 CET | From | Malivian National Party | To | Debating the OCC:(RP)Establishment of the Office of Speaker of Parliament |
| Message | Now what the HELL IS THIS? what NationMaster. There is a mod |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 258 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 3 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." - Niccolo Machiavelli |