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Bill: National Assembly Seats
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Worker's 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: July 2071
Description[?]:
| Thought I would bring this back up. 100 seats may make the maths easier but it is unrealistic and undemocratic. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 100
Current: 475
Proposed: 400
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:21:26, June 23, 2005 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Assembly Seats |
| Message | Why? |
| Date | 01:24:57, June 24, 2005 CET | From | Dorvik-Nazz Party | To | Debating the National Assembly Seats |
| Message | We need to consider this matter further... |
| Date | 14:45:12, June 24, 2005 CET | From | Dorvik-Nazz Party | To | Debating the National Assembly Seats |
| Message | Just some statistics to consider...100 seats in the Senate means (approximately) 1 Senator for every 380,000 citizens. 400 seats in the Senate would mean 1 Senator for every 100,000 citizens. |
| Date | 19:57:59, June 24, 2005 CET | From | Dorvik-Nazz Party | To | Debating the National Assembly Seats |
| Message | Give Dorvik a better system of representation, and then we will vote for this. We don't believe (at this moment) that we can raise the number of seats without reforming our current election system. Even without reform, we believe that 400 may be too high of a number. Seeing that international trends follow 1 representitive for every 100,000 citizens, the number should probably be around 381 or so. However, for now, it is too early to push this legislation. For the record, we are for raising the number of seats in the legislature, but the appropriate reforms in the election system need to change first. We will abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 35 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 25 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 40 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics." - Wendell Phillips |