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Bill: Democratisation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kalistan Communist 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: November 2247
Description[?]:
| We should disperse the power some few people posess to a greater number of elected officials. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The constitutional right and responsibility to propose a cabinet to the legislature.
Old value:: Only the Head of State can propose a cabinet coalition.
Current: Only the largest party can propose a cabinet.
Proposed: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Proposed: The municipal councils exercise mayoral powers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:04:04, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | We do not support 1, but could be convinced we disagree with 2, and 3 I would need clarification on. Are municipal councils the equivalent of city councils? (OOC, American here, different terms) |
| Date | 00:11:05, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Alliance | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | (OOC: Basically. Im guessing Municipal Council would be like our City or Country boards) We support 1 and three, but are very cautious about number 2, especially since we just ended Monarcial Control of government |
| Date | 15:45:14, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Kalistan Communist Party | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | Article 2 is removed. Article 1 is for stripping an already quite powerful person of some of his/hers powers, while combining the "executive branch" and the "law-giving branch" to some degree. (OOC: Yes, I think municipal councils would be the same as city councils. But I'm norwegian, and not sure if they're the same here as in the US. Article 1 is also for game-playing purposes. I'd think it could be interesting if all parties could battle with each other for cabinet.) |
| Date | 15:54:19, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Alliance | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | (OOC: It would be kinda fun, it would def. polarize things a bit more.) |
| Date | 16:48:39, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party/Church of Kalistan | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | (OOC: Municipal councils are like the French municipal council and the British Local Councils, mayors are bascially versions of the Executive on the local level, but I support this.) |
| Date | 16:49:06, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party/Church of Kalistan | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | We don't agree with Article 1, but would support Article 2 in another Bill. |
| Date | 17:37:33, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | Okay, I still don't know what a municipal council is |
| Date | 17:38:02, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | and I think w/ article 1, we'll *never* have a cabinet |
| Date | 18:16:33, June 30, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Alliance | To | Debating the Democratisation Bill |
| Message | (OOC: Replance 'Municipal' with 'City' They are the same thing) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 230 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 220 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 50 |
| Random fact: Players who consent to a particular role-play by acknowledging it in their own role-play cannot then disown it or withdraw their consent from it. For example, if player A role-plays the assassination of player B's character, and player B then acknowledges the assassination in a news post, but then backtracks and insists the assassination did not happen, then he will be required under the rules to accept the validity of the assassination role-play. |
| Random quote: "The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling |