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Bill: Local Power for the Regions Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Progressive Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2081
Description[?]:
| This bill will de-centralise Darnussia to a sensible extent. The People's Party believes that a higher degree of regional autonomy is absolutely necessary, so we propose a radical reform package to give Darnussian locals more representitive and active democracy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:55:53, July 11, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | This is a radical devolution bill that will give more power to direct rather than indirect representitives of the people. However, because it's quite radical, I'm willing to compromise: Any thoughts? |
| Date | 16:04:35, July 11, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | Article 1 Proposal[?] to change Higher Education Institutions Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide. Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments. That would cause greater regional differences between higher-education facilities |
| Date | 16:26:50, July 11, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | Yes, this one was abit of a shaky point, so I'll remove it. |
| Date | 20:06:36, July 11, 2005 CET | From | Vuloch Ca Korzia | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | The situation is pretty pristine at current, with national parks and free libaries universal accross the nation. Local governments might wreck this. |
| Date | 21:41:59, July 12, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | But such a centralised beurocracy fails to understand the needs of locals. For example, some local may need more parks than others, and it is regional officials who will realise this better than any centrally planned government. Why should men in suits in the capitol dictate policy in regions they've never been to or know nothing of? |
| Date | 18:08:18, July 13, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | Any other thoughts/suggestions? |
| Date | 05:33:18, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | The federal stance against discrimination is abolished once this law is put into effect. You are ASSUMING that the provinces will adopt the same policy. Welcome to pre-Civil Rights Movement era. |
| Date | 05:33:47, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | And besides, the people are in favour of big government. Look it up on those green bars. |
| Date | 13:57:12, July 14, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | It's still big government, it's just that it's LOCAL big government. |
| Date | 21:30:08, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | That's called small government. Your taking power away from big government to put it into small government. Thus it is a small government. |
| Date | 21:31:52, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | Take out the pro-discrimination proposal and we'll accept this bill. The rights of citizens as equals shall not be infringed by mere idealogies. |
| Date | 22:15:31, July 15, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Local Power for the Regions Bill |
| Message | Okay, removing the discrimation proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 102 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 197 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 451 |
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