Llamas Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Argument over whether we should keep the office of Prime Minister or not has gone on for too long, and it's been holding up other bills which are critical to the functioning of our government. We need to settle this debate, but we can't do that if we don't first separate discussion on it from arguments over other bills which are only tangentially related. As such, I have drafted this bill. To clarify, simply because I am posting it here does not mean that I support it. It is just that we need to figure this out, and not mix it up with other topics such as the Executive Council Act. Here's the text: Act on the Official Head of Government of the Imperium 1. All references to an office of "Prime Minister" in laws previously passed by the legislature shall hereby be replaced with references to the office of "Speaker." Quick, simple, and to the point. And so begins the discussion. And so we begin waiting for Archsium to come in and again complain about the redundancy of the PM's office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestarzt Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I feel like the title of Speaker should be changed to "Prime Minister and Speaker" or something if we're going to do this. It's weird for it to still be Speaker, what with its new purview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llamas Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 I feel like the title of Speaker should be changed to "Prime Minister and Speaker" or something if we're going to do this. It's weird for it to still be Speaker, what with its new purview. In that case, we should probably just switch the terms in the bill and make the Prime Minister instead assume all duties of the Speaker. Act on the Official Head of Government of the Imperium 1. All references to an office of "Speaker" in laws previously passed by the legislature shall hereby be replaced with references to the office of "Prime Minister." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Called the Vlagh Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I wholeheartedly agree that the Speaker and the PM should be combined into a single position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reçueçn Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I think it makes sense to pass this before the Executive Council Act, since from what I can see, most of the the powers of the prime minister come from that act. Meaning it makes sense to straighten out that office before we give it new duties. So, since I'm new, how exactly do we move this to a vote? Does it have to be put into "formal discussion" first? If so, can we do that now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reçueçn Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Oops. Now that I have found and read the Standards and Procedures, I can answer my own question. At any rate, if this were to be moved to formal discussion, it would have my second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 For now, I'm gonna change the procedures a bit this afternoon, to streamline stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegarth Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Please check and read updated procedures for the HGA, in case you need / want to continue discussion on this topic: http://www.westpacific.org/forums/index.php?/topic/1236-standard-procedures-of-the-regional-assembly-speaker-declaration/ Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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