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Bill: Three Year Terms of Office - 5066
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kalistani 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: November 5065
Description[?]:
| The government would like to make the executive and legislative more accountable by reducing the term of office to three years. If passed this would bring the next set of elections forward to March 5066 |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The length of a legislative and executive term, in months. Should be between 24 and 72.
Old value:: 48
Current: 72
Proposed: 36
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:48:56, January 26, 2022 CET | From | Kalistani Party | To | Debating the Three Year Terms of Office - 5066 |
| Message | We realise this is a constitutional proposal and needs a super-majority however we took a chance and wondered if the Socialists would back a shorter term of office. Aware that four years is historic and that the last Socialist President mentioned something about six year terms. OOC: six days is better than eight, well, in my humble opinion. I actually prefer four or five days. |
| Date | 21:00:09, January 26, 2022 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Three Year Terms of Office - 5066 |
| Message | Six year terms are the historic value. We left them at four years as a reform measure. The SP supports three year terms when we are out of power, of course. But our concern is for legislation: as it takes 9 months for a bill to be passed after it is debated, and if it is not passed before the election it is taken out of voting, three years rather compresses the legislative season and suppresses bills. We commend the government in the speed and diligence of their legislative proposals. We would obviously prefer six year terms, but two year terms are far too short to accomplish anything but rapid fire legislation. We ask the Government to hold off on this proposal until after the pending legislation which is currently under vote has passed. At least then they could complete those bills before we are forced into an early election. We will reluctantly support this bill at that time. |
| Date | 21:05:35, January 26, 2022 CET | From | Kalistani Party | To | Debating the Three Year Terms of Office - 5066 |
| Message | I calculate this will pass in November 5065, with election four months later in March 5066. That gives time for current proposals to end voting and another 16 hours afterwards for anything else that gets put forward. |
| Date | 21:27:37, January 26, 2022 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Three Year Terms of Office - 5066 |
| Message | I’ll vote for then when those other bills pass |
| Date | 21:39:15, January 26, 2022 CET | From | Kalistani Party | To | Debating the Three Year Terms of Office - 5066 |
| Message | Ok, I'll redo this in the morning then because this one will finish voting when the other current ones do |
| Date | 00:30:16, January 27, 2022 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Three Year Terms of Office - 5066 |
| Message | Never mind. If it doesn't trigger an election automatically, I'll vote for it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 274 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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