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(last post: March 13, 2008 - 16:29)
Citizen #22:
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> 1. That Title Two, Article One, Section 6 be amended to read as follows:
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> " No person may be re-elected to more than two consecutive terms as President."
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> (moved by Ián Anglatzarâ; seconded by Martě-Páir Furxhéir.)
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> Contrâ. I have a question: Does this amendment allow for someone to serve his two consecutive terms, but later on serve additional terms in office?
That's what it says. Anything not expressly forbidden is allowed.
> 5. That the Appendix to the Constitution be replaced by the following text:
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> [...]
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> Contrâ: What is meant by "Council"? I assume it means the PGC. If so, let's make codify this specifically.
Of course it means the PGC. What other council do we have? Are you perchance worried that our High Court are a bunch of total dullards? :)
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> 6. That Title Two, Article One, Section 3 be amended as follows:
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> "Any citizen of the Republic not otherwise disqualified by this Constitution may be elected the President of the Republic of Talossa."
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> (moved by D. Nanöchfiglheu Vercáriâ; seconded by Chirisch Cavéir.)
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> Për. By no means redundant.
Er, you do realise, don't you, that amendments 6, 7, 8 delete the requirements for length of service before one can be elected to the higher offices of state?
Actually, I think I'd better get out and campaign on this option, because those amendments are becoming scarily close to being lost. I think perhaps people haven't considered what will happen if the higher offices of State are open to any new citizen who hasn't been around long enough to get a "feel" for Talossa. I really don't want to become "just another internet micro". What attracted me to Talossa were the 25 years of continuous history, and for heaven's sake, surely the people who run the country should be people who've been around for part of that history.
In any case, if we vote Per on article 7 I will definitely introduce an amendment for a unicameral parliament, because if the same people are eligible for both Houses there is no reason to have two of them. (And don't talk about provincial representation when we don't even have a consensus on who's in which province!)
Miestrâ Schivâ
"The Republic's Most Articulate Spokeswhatever" - R. B. Madison
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