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Bill: Great Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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: December 2294
Description[?]:
| This act arises out of the consitutional debate that has been going on in the House of Commons. We propose the following changes in compromise to individual parties positions and we hope that it will be deemed satisfactory in order to reform the consitution of our great Commonwealth. Also, if passed this act will not only pass the reforms contained herein, but will also bind all Telamon parties to abide by the legislative convention that if they win the Presidency they will always appoint and indeed are obliged to appoint a government which has a legislative majority. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: Official: God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and Glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! Nominal: Come, fellow Telamonians Let us progress towards happiness together May our noble aspiration bring Telamon success Come, let us unite In a new spirit Let our voices soar as one Onward Telamon Onward Telamon
Current:
| Skjöld: Ég tilheyri þér, Í hjarta eru þínir. Hvar Tælmensku dætur blómstra, Hvar Tælmensku synir syngja, Leyfðu okkur að dansa hamingjusamlega, Í okkar Tælmörk! Og þetta er að fallega lands, Við Tælmensku land, heimili mitt, Við Tælmensku land, heimili mitt. Ekki gráta kæru móður Tælmörk, Hækka höfuðið stoltur hár, Tælmörk er frjáls Frjáls til að lifa! Land fjöll, land með straum. Land fields, land hinna frjálsu. Fjallið, vale – fara hvert sem hann vildi, Sorg og sorg öll sömu – Undir sjó af blóði, Á meðan yfir sjó á flame. Þú ert uppi á minningar frábær gamla daga, Þegar heiður að því þegar nafn þitt flaug yfir Terra, Ég veit að þú ert og mun eftir það sem þú varst. Luthorian: I belong to you In my heart is yours. Where Telamonic daughters bloom, Where Telamonic sons sing, let us dance happily, In our Telamon! And this is to a beautiful country, By Telamon land, my home, By Telamon land, my home. Don't cry dear mother Telamon, Raise your head proud high, Telamon is free Free to live! Country mountains, country with a stream. Land fields, land of the free. The mountain, vale – go wherever he wanted, Sorrow and sorrow all the same – Under a sea of blood, Meanwhile over sea on flame. You are reminiscing about the great old days, Already honored when your name flew over Terra, I know you are and will remember what you were. |
Proposed:
| Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, Who are born of thee? Wider still and wider Shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, Make thee mightier yet. God, who made thee mighty, Make thee mightier yet. |
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The constitutional right and responsibility to propose a cabinet to the legislature.
Old value:: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Current: Each party can propose a cabinet coalition.
Proposed: Only the Head of State can propose a cabinet coalition.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: House of Commons
Current: Landsthingi (National Assembly)
Proposed: Commonwealth Congress
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 300
Current: 450
Proposed: 301
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:20:32, October 05, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | We're going to stand against this; we'd really rather the title of the Chamber be the Parliament of the Commonwealth, or the Commonwealth Parliament. And the Cantons should stay named Cantons, we think. Other than that, we'll take this. |
| Date | 11:21:28, October 05, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | Well, except for the Head of State provision. Remember, we hold that the head of state should be virtually powerless, so as to allow them to function as a symbol of the people rather than of a party. |
| Date | 13:33:13, October 05, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Labour Party | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | Our party is afraid of giving so much power to the hands of one person. We rather like president to be representatvie function |
| Date | 21:56:08, October 05, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | Ahh, remove the Province provision. Otherwise this is good, put it to a vote before eight months before the election. And Royalist, please support this, please, as a gift for our endorsement of Melissa Calderon. Please, please, please. |
| Date | 23:28:37, October 05, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | Ok, I'll remove the Province one and put it to a vote - I really hope it will pass! I still don't like the term Canton and I will push for it to be changed! |
| Date | 02:36:11, October 06, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Royalist Party | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | We'll support this. We may move to remove some of the power later, but we'll support this. |
| Date | 03:10:28, October 06, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | Actually, after thinking about it that power thing should be stripped. Next term. |
| Date | 12:40:55, October 06, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Socialist Party | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | We don't like the term "Commonwealth Congress". We'd rather keep the old House of Commons name. We agree with all the other proposals, but we don't see what's wrong with the House of Commons as a name. We won't support this, but won't stand against it either. We abstain. |
| Date | 12:44:58, October 06, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Socialist Party | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | No, wait, we've changed our minds. It's stupid to not support a motion purely on aesthetic grounds, when we agree with the other proposals. But we just want it noted that we dislike the name Commonwealth Congress. We will, however, support the motion. |
| Date | 17:49:59, October 06, 2006 CET | From | Pirt Sisialach | To | Debating the Great Reform Act |
| Message | I'll support for now; but I would like to see us come up with a different name. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 300 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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