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Bill: P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration
Details
Submitted by[?]: Blocco della Sinistra
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: June 4775
Description[?]:
| Members of the Assembly, As part of our political program, and our own ideology and values, we bring this issue once more back to the front. From the Left Bloc we have never hidden that we defend the restoration of the Republic in our nation, a republic of equals where no one, by the mere fact of being born into a certain family, can consent to rule over others. A republic where it is the citizens who decide who their rulers are, who truly represent "the will of the people". In the Left Bloc we will never feel identified with the royal family, which is not subject to public scrutiny and whose authority is above everything and everyone. An anachronistic and archaic institution that does not represent the plurality and diversity of our nation, and that it never will, no matter how much they try to modernize themselves, because it is something intrinsic to their own institution. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Structure of the executive branch.
Old value:: The Head of State is hereditary and symbolic; the Head of Government chairs the cabinet.
Current: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Proposed: The Head of State and Head of Government are two separate officials.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The title of the head of government, who chairs the cabinet.
Old value:: Primo Ministro Segretario di Stato Imperiale
Current:
| Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri (President of the Council of Ministers) |
Proposed: Primo Ministro della Repubblica
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: Sua Eccellentissima Maestà Imperiale, Alessandro III Ghazi, per volontà della Nazione e la Costituzione dell'Impero, Imperatore degli Istaliani, Protettore e Garante della Costituzione, Difensore dei Valori Democratici, Comandante Supremo delle Forze Armate Imperiali d'Istalia (His Most Excellent Imperial Majesty, Alessandro III Ghazi, by the Will of the Nation and the Constitution of the Empire, Emperor of the Istalians, Protector and Guarantor of the Constitution, Defender of the Democratic Values, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Armed Forces of Istalia)
Current: Presidente d'Istalia (President of Istaly)
Proposed: Presidente della Repubblica
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Assemblea Nazionale dell'Impero
Current:
| Camera dei Deputati (Chamber of Deputies) |
Proposed: Assemblea Nazionale della Repubblica
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Titles of nobility.
Old value:: Titles of nobility may be granted only by the Head of State.
Current: Titles of nobility are not granted, but their use is not forbidden.
Proposed: No titles of nobility are granted or recognised, their use is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:07:01, June 24, 2020 CET | From | Partito Libertario | To | Debating the P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration |
| Message | We strongly support his. |
| Date | 13:16:31, June 24, 2020 CET | From | Partito Libertario | To | Debating the P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration |
| Message | *this |
| Date | 13:48:04, June 24, 2020 CET | From | Alleanza Popolare | To | Debating the P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration |
| Message | Mr Speaker, An elected partisan head of state can never truly unite the people in times of political anarchy. When a nation's political system starts to become fragile and extremely polarized, then how should a head of state who is part of the polarization try to symbolize Istalian unity? The Emperor and the Imperial Family are necessary to provide some sort of political unity as the highest official in the land. And do not worry the perk with a constitutional monarchy, is that the ruling family have been trained since birth to be non-partisan. The monarchy is necessary. The Empire is necessary. The Emperor is necessary. Thank you. Salvatore Cedrone Assembly leader for the Populists |
| Date | 16:57:43, June 24, 2020 CET | From | Blocco della Sinistra | To | Debating the P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration |
| Message | Mr. Cedrone, There is no such thing as "non-partisanship". Everyone, in one way or another, has their own ideology. Some people are better in hiding it than others, but that is all. The nation does not need a family that believes itself above the law, that is protected by the law, and whose scandals are forgiven easily. And we have seen all those things in recent decades with our own royal family. An elected head of State can be changed, an Emperor can't be changed no matter how many wrong things does against its own country. We will never support that. |
| Date | 17:38:42, June 24, 2020 CET | From | Alleanza Popolare | To | Debating the P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration |
| Message | Dear member of the Left Bloc, You speak as if we have an absolute monarchy, that's not the case, we have a constitutional monarchy. If you do not want the Emperor and the Imperial family to be protected by law, try changing that law instead of throwing a stable system out of the window. No monarch of the Istalian Empire, as far as my knowledge go, all the way from Michele I to our current Emperor Alessandro III Ghazi, has done any wrong doing against their country or fellow citizens. And actually an elected head of state can easily manipulate the system to gain more power, there are perfect historical and current examples of this. An elected head of state might not be as easy to remove as you think. And a monarch might actually not be that hard to remove either. I'm afraid republicanism is just a simple excuse for the lust of the prestige and power that comes with being the highest official in the land, nothing else. Thank you. Salvatore Cedrone Assembly leader for the Populists |
| Date | 18:29:00, June 24, 2020 CET | From | Ordine, Fede e Famiglia | To | Debating the P.d.l 10/4774: Republican restoration |
| Message | Trivo Carpento (MP): The OFF support neither a republic nor a monarchy. We favour a Patriarch as HOS. Out of respect for our coalition partners and the lack of alternatives, we vote No. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 184 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 391 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 106 |
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