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Bill: RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Democratic Party (NDP)
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 4408
Description[?]:
Article I.) Speaker of the Majalisar (Shugaban majalisa) 1. The Speaker of Parliament, hereby referred to as the Speaker, will be an independent political officer elected from the largest party in government. 2. It will be the job of the Speaker of the House to moderate debate within the Majalisar (Parliament). 3. Political parties throughout the debate process will address the Speaker themselves within the debate of Bills and pieces of legislation. 4. The Speaker will have the power to remove unruly MPs who disturb the decorum of Parliament. 5. The Speaker will be a sitting MP. 6. The Speaker if found to be reneging on his/her Duties, or incapable of fulfilling said Duties, then the Parliament has the ability to elect a new Speaker with a majority vote. Article II.) Question Period 1. All pieces of legislation brought before Parliament will go through a period of Debate known as Question Period where the Opposition may voice their Opinions about the Bill, offer suggestions and ask questions, while the Government may use their period to voice their defence of their Bills and vice versa should the Bill be Opposition Proposed. 2.) Bills requiring a simple majority that have TWO or more articles, law will require no less then ONE (1) months of debate before being brought before a vote. 3.) Bills requiring an absolute majority of 50% +1 to become law will require no less then TWO (2) months of debate before being brought before a vote. 4.) Bills requiring a supermajority of 2/3 of the Parliament to become law will require no less then THREE (3) months of debate before being brought before a vote. 5. Sub-articles 2, 3 and 4 are exempted during any year that contains an election. 6. Political Parties are exempt from sub-article 2 and 3 until after their first Official Federal Election in which they successfully elected an MP Article III.) Forms of Address 1.) While in Parliament all MPs will speak to others with the proper conduct and Titles to respect the positions they have been entrusted with. 2.) Former and current MPs and the current Speaker of Parliament will be addressed as "the Honourable". 3.) Former and current members of the Cabinet will be addressed as the "Right Honourable" signifying their role as national leadership. 4) Foreign Dignitaries, Representatives, and/or Officials 5.) Members of the Talmorian Armed Forces will be addressed by their ranks. 6.) Directors or Deputy Directors or any Talmorian Government or Extra-Government Agency will be addressed by their Title. Article IV) Coalitions and Emergency Elections 1.) In the event that the largest party does not have a majority in Parliament, defined as possessing more than 50% of total possible seats, said party will be responsible for forming a coalition government with other parties that have seats in Parliament. 1a.) Failure to form a government after 6 months will trigger another election. 2.) Any party may request a special or early election. However, the request may not be granted. 2a.) Permission to hold a special election can only be given with the express permission of the Leader of Government and with a majority vote of the current Parliament, with the exception of the situation as described in Article IV, §1a of this document. Article V) Bill Passage & Repealing 1.) This Bill will require a 2/3 majority to pass and become law. 2.) Repeal of this Law will require a 2/3 majority voting in favour of it. Article I OOC/RP: Similar to the Canadian Speaker of the House. Has no political power or vote aside from moderating. All IC posts will need to begin with Mr. or Madam. Speaker depending on the gender, which will of course be up to its controlling Party. We will also sign all of our posts with the name of the MP speaking. This will help encourage it by adding in the creation of character depth and seeing the various voices and faces of our party. Article II OOC/RP: So to summarize this is to allow, you know, actual debate about a given bill before its rushed to the floor. No bill goes up for debate and then immediately for a vote immediately upon creation. There NEEDS to be time for debate of at least a few hours RL time so that others can see it and voice their opinions. I am willing to be flexible with the times but I do wanna see AT LEAST a LITTLE debate before we start ramming that many Bills out for a vote, because that was just creating a headache. The point more then anything was to show simple bills take less time for debate then something as serious as a Constitutional Amendment which I feel NEEDS to be up for a debate for a significant amount of time to allow both sides to voice their arguments and opinions. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:33:37, May 19, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | OOC: Thought and suggestions ? |
Date | 02:53:13, May 20, 2018 CET | From | United Boroist Cadre | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | OOC: What are you looking for here? |
Date | 16:59:37, May 20, 2018 CET | From | Coalition for Talmorian Restoration | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | OOC: Are we talking about parliamentary procedure? I think that could be an interesting consideration. |
Date | 17:03:28, May 20, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | Yes! Here is an older one but demonstrates what i'm talking about. http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=494513 |
Date | 19:56:11, May 20, 2018 CET | From | Coalition for Talmorian Restoration | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | One idea I've been rolling with is that if a party sits in the government, they only push bills dealing with their Ministry. I think it would add some stakes to the government. |
Date | 19:58:39, May 20, 2018 CET | From | Coalition for Talmorian Restoration | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | As for other stuff, I generally am okay with most of the titles so long as they're applicable. My big thing is with the government formation. "Article IV) Coalitions and Emergency Elections 1.) In the event that the largest party does not have a majority in the Gbara, said party will be responsible for forming a coalition government with other parties that have seats in the Gbara. 1a.) Failure to form a government after 1 month will trigger another election. 1b.) In the event that a party in the coalition government breaks rank with the rest of the coalition parties and votes contradictory to the other coalition parties, a special election shall be held due to the coalition becoming obsolete. 2.) Any party may request a special or early election. However, the request may not be granted. 2a.) Permission to hold a special election can only be given with the express permission of the Great Farin/Farba and with a majority vote of the current Gbara." I think we'd need to give longer than one month - maybe 6 months or even a year just to recognize the game's pace. And I don't think parties voting against each other in government should automatically cause a breakup, but maybe we could institute a requirement to pass a budget by a certain time. If they don't, new elections are called. |
Date | 21:03:30, May 20, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | Keep in mind that the procedures in the link above were for a radically different form of government similar to RL Westminster system. However I do like your suggestions. I’ll start drafting soon |
Date | 23:55:34, May 20, 2018 CET | From | Coalition for Talmorian Restoration | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | Oh I figured as much. I just wanted to work there from a starting point. And it is a great starting point. |
Date | 00:01:40, May 23, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | UPDATED!!!! Tell me thoughts/suggestions, etc. - Eagle |
Date | 03:16:31, May 24, 2018 CET | From | United Boroist Cadre | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | I am fine with everything with a couple of caveats. From Article II: 7.) Political Parties breaking these Procedures will be found in contempt of Parliament and will have their Bills struck from the record. I just want to make sure that we deal with this with some realism. New players that filter in may not know to read this posted document and won't understand that. Let's give some reasonable flexibility as people figure out what we're doing here. From Article IV: I don't see any reason why we can't allow non-largest parties to form governments. I would say that if *no* government is formed within a certain time we agree to snap elections, but if the second and third largest parties can band together and overcome an extremist party - why not let that play out for RP reasons? |
Date | 16:35:41, May 27, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | "7.) Political Parties breaking these Procedures will be found in contempt of Parliament and will have their Bills struck from the record. I just want to make sure that we deal with this with some realism. New players that filter in may not know to read this posted document and won't understand that. Let's give some reasonable flexibility as people figure out what we're doing here" Noted: I'll be making changes to it |
Date | 16:44:44, May 27, 2018 CET | From | National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
Message | "From Article IV: I don't see any reason why we can't allow non-largest parties to form governments. I would say that if *no* government is formed within a certain time we agree to snap elections, but if the second and third largest parties can band together and overcome an extremist party - why not let that play out for RP reasons?" The Election of the Speaker is separate from the formation of a government. I envisioned this position to be mostly a debate moderator, but I suppose we could grant the Speaker additional power (?) |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes | Total Seats: 194 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 306 |
Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
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