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Bill: Title reform bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Baltusian 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: May 4384
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The constitutional right and responsibility to propose a cabinet to the legislature.
Old value:: Only the Head of State can propose a cabinet coalition.
Current: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Proposed: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Federal Forum
Current: Congress of Trade Unions
Proposed: Senate
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: State
Current: Autonomous State
Proposed: Region
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The title of the head of government, who chairs the cabinet.
Old value:: Premier
Current: Prime Minister
Proposed: Prime Minister
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: President of Federal Republic
Current: The Syndicate
Proposed: President
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Current: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 161
Current: 750
Proposed: 500
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: Mayors are elected by their municipal councils.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The maximum proposal quota a party can accumulate.
Old value:: 15
Current: 50
Proposed: 30
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The number of proposals a party can introduce per year (will be handed out as a monthly quota).
Old value:: 10
Current: 20
Proposed: 20
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:46:19, April 25, 2018 CET | From | Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | To | Debating the Title reform bill |
| Message | The SDPB has already put forward a constitutional amendment that would achieve nearly all of the same things and would please encourage our fellow parties to vote for it. |
| Date | 15:13:48, April 26, 2018 CET | From | Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | To | Debating the Title reform bill |
| Message | The SDPB will be voting no on this proposal but would be willing to accept a similar one if certain things are changed. In order, on article 1 we are fully supportive. On article 2 we would prefer the name Parliment but are willing to compromise. On article 3 we would prefer the name Province but are again open to compromise on this. On article 4 we are fully supportive. On article 5 we would prefer the title President of the Republic but will accept simply President. On article 6 we are fully supportive. On article 7 we feel that 500 members would be too few and our preferred number is 750 but are willing to negotiate on this. On article 8 the party holds no strong view on this issue and would be willing to accept it but only under a compromise proposal were some of our other demands are met. On article 9 we demand that the new value be changed to 50. Finally, on article 10 we are fully supportive. We would also like to have reforms to public financing of elections and the nation's position on multi-citizenship be considered in a future compromise proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 83 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 45 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 33 |
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