Executive Succession Amendment Act of 2006 (The Empire of the Alexandrians)

Title: Executive Succession Amendment Act of 2006

hard_right - August 28, 2006 04:47 PM (GMT)

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Executive Succession Amendment Act of 2006

Article 1 – Name.
This bill will be officially cited as the “Executive Succession Amendment Act of 2006”.

Article 2 – Constitutional amendment.
1. Section 26 of the Alexandrian Constitution of 2005 is hereby amended to say “In the event of the resignation, death, or permanent incapacitation of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister shall assume the role of Prime Minister until the next scheduled election. The new Prime Minister shall appoint a new Deputy Prime Minister once the person has take the oath of office.”

Article 3 – Deputy Prime Minister.
1. The Deputy Prime Minister shall be appointed by the Prime Minister at the beginning of the term.
2. The Deputy Prime Minister shall have no formal portfolio, but he or she is allowed to hold more than one ministry at a time.
3. Should the Deputy Prime Minister ever become Prime Minister through Section 26, he shall have to resign any other Cabinet posts he may hold. Prime Ministers are hereby not allowed to hold other portfolios other than the Prime Ministry.

Article 4 – Succession after the Deputy Prime Minister.
1. The following shall be the official succession after the Deputy Prime Minister: Speaker of the Imperial Parliament, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Defense, Minister of Finance and Economics, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2. Should the Speaker of the Imperial Parliament succeed to the Prime Ministry, the Speaker will have to resign immediately and the Emperor will conduct a vote for a new Speaker.
3. Should new ministries and positions be created, the Imperial Parliament shall accommodate the new ministries and positions in the line of succession.

Article 5 – Imperial Assent.
This act shall not become law unless it has received Imperial Assent.

hard_right - February 12, 2007 01:27 PM (GMT)

This bill is now open for debate.

Pete James - February 12, 2007 02:01 PM (GMT)

looks fine

Jean Pierre Robespierre - February 12, 2007 02:08 PM (GMT)

I have no problem with it, and support it

Jon - February 12, 2007 06:17 PM (GMT)

I motion to begin voting.

Jean Pierre Robespierre - February 12, 2007 08:10 PM (GMT)

I second that motion

hard_right - February 13, 2007 01:43 PM (GMT)

Motion recognized. The House will now divide.

Voting will last four days or until a majority has been reached.

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Voting Options:
Oui
Non
Abstain
Defer (Extend Debate)

Pete James - February 13, 2007 03:11 PM (GMT)

OUI

Jon - February 13, 2007 03:47 PM (GMT)

Oui.

Jean Pierre Robespierre - February 13, 2007 10:56 PM (GMT)

Oui

btw... its 07 not 06 :P lol

Jon - February 13, 2007 11:25 PM (GMT)

I know that voting has already commenced, but it was brought to my attention that this Act does not make any mention of the Ministry of Justice.

Matthieu Poiters - February 14, 2007 10:54 PM (GMT)

we can fix it cant we? i believe that in order for that we ahve to introduce an amendment to it. i vote OUI.

Poiters. MP for SM.

Jacques de Beaufort - February 14, 2007 11:36 PM (GMT)

OUI.

hard_right - February 15, 2007 01:38 PM (GMT)

I agree with the Prime Minister I vote DEFER to extend debate so we can work in that amendment right now while we can..

Pete James - February 15, 2007 03:22 PM (GMT)

Mr Speaker,

In light of this I wish to change my vote to DEFER.

Jon - February 16, 2007 11:23 PM (GMT)

I change my vote from OUI to DEFER.

Jean Pierre Robespierre - February 17, 2007 01:37 AM (GMT)

I change my vote to DEFER.

Jacques de Beaufort - February 17, 2007 04:51 AM (GMT)

In view of the correction proposed, I'd also like to change my vote to defer.

And if I might; I think it should read:

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Article 4 – Succession after the Deputy Prime Minister.
1. The following shall be the official succession after the Deputy Prime Minister: Speaker of the Imperial Parliament, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Defense, Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Economics.

Sincerely,

hard_right - February 17, 2007 06:46 PM (GMT)

Debate has been extended to four more days.

hard_right - February 18, 2007 05:48 PM (GMT)

I favor His Grace's amendment and integrate it into the bill as follows:

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Executive Succession Amendment Act of 2006

Article 1 – Name.
This bill will be officially cited as the “Executive Succession Amendment Act of 2006”.

Article 2 – Constitutional amendment.
1. Section 26 of the Alexandrian Constitution of 2005 is hereby amended to say “In the event of the resignation, death, or permanent incapacitation of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister shall assume the role of Prime Minister until the next scheduled election. The new Prime Minister shall appoint a new Deputy Prime Minister once the person has take the oath of office.”

Article 3 – Deputy Prime Minister.
1. The Deputy Prime Minister shall be appointed by the Prime Minister at the beginning of the term.
2. The Deputy Prime Minister shall have no formal portfolio, but he or she is allowed to hold more than one ministry at a time.
3. Should the Deputy Prime Minister ever become Prime Minister through Section 26, he shall have to resign any other Cabinet posts he may hold. Prime Ministers are hereby not allowed to hold other portfolios other than the Prime Ministry.

Article 4 – Succession after the Deputy Prime Minister.
1. Article 4 – Succession after the Deputy Prime Minister.
1. The following shall be the official succession after the Deputy Prime Minister: Speaker of the Imperial Parliament, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Defense, Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Economics.
2. Should the Speaker of the Imperial Parliament succeed to the Prime Ministry, the Speaker will have to resign immediately and the Emperor will conduct a vote for a new Speaker.
3. Should new ministries and positions be created, the Imperial Parliament shall accommodate the new ministries and positions in the line of succession.

Article 5 – Imperial Assent.
This act shall not become law unless it has received Imperial Assent.

Pete James - February 18, 2007 06:11 PM (GMT)

I also support the Amendment.

Faithfully,

Jean Pierre Robespierre - February 18, 2007 06:58 PM (GMT)

I too support the Amendment

Jacques de Beaufort - February 18, 2007 09:59 PM (GMT)

This is good. I propose that since this was the only part in question and if noone has more amendments to introduce that we start voting.

Sincerely,

Jon - February 18, 2007 11:08 PM (GMT)

I second Mr. Beaufort's motion to vote.

Pete James - February 18, 2007 11:10 PM (GMT)

Thirded.

hard_right - February 20, 2007 01:53 PM (GMT)

Motion recognized. The House will now divide.

Voting will last four days or until a majority has been reached.

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Voting Options:
Oui
Non
Abstain
Defer (Extend Debate)

Jacques de Beaufort - February 20, 2007 03:33 PM (GMT)

OUI

Pete James - February 20, 2007 03:58 PM (GMT)

OUI

Jon - February 20, 2007 04:19 PM (GMT)

Oui.

Jean Pierre Robespierre - February 20, 2007 10:29 PM (GMT)

OUI

Jacques de Beaufort - March 2, 2007 06:43 PM (GMT)

well....?

hard_right - March 3, 2007 09:02 PM (GMT)

Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Your Grace.

This bill has PASSED 4 votes to 0.

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