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Bill: Constitutional Amendment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: January 2216
Description[?]:
| The CLP feels that with the increase in parties that perhaps adding more seats to the assembly would be a boon to the political system. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 600
Current: 75
Proposed: 750
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:07:06, April 16, 2006 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | Just to start off this bill won't be moved into a voting stage until after the next election because I don't feel like having it reset to debate after the election occurs before this things voting deadline is up. Now I really think that adding some more seats might make it a bit more competative in here with the new parties showing up. |
| Date | 01:46:48, April 17, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | I agree. Good proposal. Always good for democracy's sake to have more representatives. |
| Date | 02:17:23, April 17, 2006 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | I am against any increase. The lower the better. Besides, we do not want to have to waste the taxpayer's money by adding 150 more politicians. |
| Date | 05:44:51, April 17, 2006 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | well with the increase of parties RWE do you think lowering it will be better? I mean I could understand if we were losing parties that perhaps lowering the seats would be better but why do that when we have gained parties? |
| Date | 01:15:00, April 18, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | Well, there are really only 6 active parties in Rildanor and a few who fall in and out of the game. The CLP is really the only new party to ever stick around, the rest are stagnant. Our current number is good as it only takes 3 strong and like-minded parties to pass a law, as opposed to requiring 4 or 5. |
| Date | 06:11:51, April 18, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | We'll see how well this works. |
| Date | 08:22:19, April 18, 2006 CET | From | Devout Ecologists Party | To | Debating the Constitutional Amendment |
| Message | I dislike the seat increase. We have more then enough (600) and we certainly do not need more. Furthermore, 600 is an ideal number considering easy to judge 1/2 and 2/3's needed for bills. For 750 2/3'rds is 500, nothing wrong with that, but 1/2 is the weird number 375.. we like rounder numbers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 434 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 166 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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