Provisional Parliament: Voting on Amendment

[Barnes]

Not an MP (unfortunately), but I just wanted to ask if the only option for dissolution is for the Parliament to pass a motion to that effect?  Will we be including the right of the PM to call a snap election at his own choosing?

[Barnes]

May I make a suggestion?

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I would also suggest specifying that the President appoints other members of the executive (the Cabinet, etc) on the advice of the PM.

[Barnes]

Thank you for offering the amendment in Section 1(b), Oakvale.  I do not think most governments would be able to show command of a majority of the Parliament!

[Barnes]

May I make a suggestion, perhaps rephrase the bill to simply create an interim head of state who will oversee elections and commission the first government.  All parties could pledge to make the Presidency Bill the first order of business in the new Parliament.

[Barnes]

Leinad, you could just withdraw your amendment.

[Barnes]

The reason anyone might leave the game is because they have become bored with an un-elected, ad-hoc Parliament deciding everything for them.  We are all very much ready to move into an election campaign, go through the process of government formation, and get people into roles.

Everything that people are saying we should give more time to can be accomplished in the elected Parliament and it will be much more fun since we will have governments and oppositions with their own agendas as well as members that have actually been elected.

We risk running into one of the great problems of Atlasia by spending too much time "perfecting" the game and then becoming convinced that every component of it is entrenched and should be treated with reverence.