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Bill: Parliamentary Democracy Constitutional Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom and Solidarity Alliance
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: September 2074
Description[?]:
| Wary of the autocratic tendencies inherent in presidential systems, Conscious of the risks of deadlock should the Head of State not have a majority in Parliament, The Freedom Party proposes that the party winning the Parliamentary elections be given the responsibility of proposing a cabinet to the Parliament. |
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: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Proposed: Only the largest party can propose a cabinet.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:19:36, June 29, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Evolution Party | To | Debating the Parliamentary Democracy Constitutional Act |
| Message | As has been stated many times before in this Parliament, the power to form a cabinet coalition is a true test of the mettle of the Head of State, and as such, is an important tool in our democracy to determine the effectiveness of the present administration at moving the country forward in progress. As such, this power-grab and usurpation by the legislature cannot be tollerated by the Progressive Evolution Party and as such we simply will not stand for it. |
| Date | 00:33:19, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Freedom and Solidarity Alliance | To | Debating the Parliamentary Democracy Constitutional Act |
| Message | OOC: I wanted to keep my bills open for debate longer, but I just realised this is the deadline for them to count before the election. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 415 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 5 |
| Random fact: The Real-Life Equivalents Index is a valuable resource for finding out the in-game equivalents of real-life cultures, languages, religions, people and places: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6731 |
| Random quote: "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre |