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Bill: Expansion of Parliament Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Democratic 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: September 2066
Description[?]:
Given that there are two new parties in Aloria, this Bill aims to increase the number of seats in Parliament to allow for a fairer and more accurate representation of the wishes of the people with regards to the allocation of seats to parties. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 400
Current: 350
Proposed: 500
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 22:06:22, June 12, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | Against, there is no need for further increasing seats number. However wat we need is more direct democrac and not more representants! |
Date | 00:50:56, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | more representatives means a greater check on executive power, reducing their ability to centralise. |
Date | 08:46:37, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | How exactly? Absolute number is uninteresting and unimportant. What is important is the relative power of each party in percentage. |
Date | 10:08:49, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | Given that there are now 2 more parties, this will allow a more accurate representation. For example a party with 30.5% of the vote may get more seats than 30.5% under our current system. Since we now have 10 parties rather than 8, it would make sense to increase the number of seats so that they will be divided fairly among the parties. I could have proposed an increase to 700 but that would have been inaccurate too. 500 is the optimum number. |
Date | 12:19:35, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | I'm all for an increase in seats. |
Date | 17:27:58, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | Us too. |
Date | 01:06:27, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | It seems to me that either you people don't understand the theory of politics or you are just uanble to catch the fact that absolute number is unimportant. 30% is always 30%, whether it's 50 or 300. However when 30% = 300 I know this country is fucking spending money of its citizens and that is clearly inacceptable. Direct democracy not <strong>over-representation</strong>! |
Date | 01:07:29, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | I wanted to say WASTING money, not spending. That is exactly a waste of money. Throwing them to mouths of lazy representatives. |
Date | 11:24:35, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | The fact that you resort to swearing highlights the weakness of your argument. If you object to this so much, why not remove representation all together. 30% will not = 300, and the extra 100 seats will ensure a greater accuracy in allocation of seats, ensuring that every vote counts, a principle underpinning democracy. |
Date | 16:46:15, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | It's a poor argument LP- the crux of the matter is representation. |
Date | 17:37:33, June 14, 2005 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Expansion of Parliament Act |
Message | Yes, if you werew to have, say, five seats, they would be one per region, and hardly anybody's views get through. If there are 500, it means there are small constituencies so more views can be conveyed. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 183 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 47 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 125 |
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