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Bill: Appointment of legislative presiding officers, 5002.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Baltusia United (BU)🌍
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: November 5002
Description[?]:
| The BCP are proposing that the speaker of the house/ presiding officer is a member of the largest party or coalition, it makes sense that the presiding officer comes from the largest party in the senate after elections as this is who the public trusts to lead the senate. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Procedure on the election of the legislative presiding officer
Old value:: The presiding officer of the national legislature is elected by fellow lawmakers and is expected to be non-partisan and impartial.
Current: The presiding officer of the national legislature is elected by fellow lawmakers and is expected to be non-partisan and impartial.
Proposed: The presiding officer of the national legislature is the leader of the majority party/coalition or largest party/coalition.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:14:16, September 23, 2021 CET | From | Republican Party (RP) | To | Debating the Appointment of legislative presiding officers, 5002. |
| Message | We're torn. A neutral presiding officer makes more sense in our multiparty system allowing all to have equal access to proposing legislation. A change to the system would surely work against the smaller parties? |
| Date | 19:55:53, September 23, 2021 CET | From | united christan republic party | To | Debating the Appointment of legislative presiding officers, 5002. |
| Message | yes it would i suport it |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 46 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 19 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats." - Woody Allen, on the Ku Klux Klan |