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Bill: RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Democratic Party (NDP)
Status[?]: defeated
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: October 4751
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, ยง1a 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. |
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| Date | 23:25:27, July 06, 2018 CET | From |  National Democratic Party (NDP) | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
| Message | OOC: Originally passed here: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=569321 |
| Date | 22:04:17, May 04, 2020 CET | From |  Moderation | To | Debating the RP Law: Parliamentary Procedure and Decorum |
| Message | OOC: Archiving. |
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| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 450 |
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