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Post by Anglia Imperium, MP on Oct 8, 2017 11:55:00 GMT -5
The Confederate Parliament Parliament Bill # 010 A Bill For An Act Entitled: "Question Time and Enquiry Act"
October the Eighth, 2017
Member of Parliament: Cesorion
Parliament Proposal
Resolved by the Confederate Parliament of the Confederacy of Free Nations, that the following article is proposed as a law under the jurisdiction of the Confederacy of Free Nations, enforceable by all of its institutions.
Be it enacted by the MP’s of the Confederacy of Free Nations in the Confederate Parliament, that _____________________________________ Section 1 __________ Terminology As Government Term, or Term shall be styled, for the purposes of this present Act, the time between a General Election and the following General Election _________________________ Section 2 Offices of Ministers and Public Enquiry ___________ Ss.1. All Ministers shall, in their designated Office in the Forums, within the Hall of the Commonwealth, maintain at least two (02) threads. Ss.2. One titled "Announcements", for the announcements of their Ministry, and Ss.3. One titled "Public Enquiry". At the Public Enquiry thread, citizens can submit formal Questions to the Ministers, concerning their plans for the Future and the actions they have so far undertaken.
________________________________ Section 3 _________________ Question Time ss.1. At least once per term, there is to be a Question Time Adress by the Seaker, to be published via a Region-Wide Telegram. ss.2. This Question Time Adress shall be made at around one month after the General Election, that is halfway in the Incumbent Government's term. ss.3. In this Adress, the Speaker shall (a) remind Ministers to answer any submitted Questions and (b) remind citizens to submit any Questions they may have ___________ Section 4 _____________________ Further Rules, Procedures And Regulations ss.1. The Speaker shall act as a Moderator of the Public Enquiry. They may use their Forums Authority to delete any Questions considered inappropriate, offensive and/or irrelevant with the Ministry adressed to ss. 3. A week before a Government term concludes, the Speaker shall record all Questions and Answers and place them in a Papers Factbook in an orderly and organised manner for everyone to see. ________________
Section 5 _____________________________
Credits A similar bill, titled " Question Period Act" had been introduced in the Parliament of The Commonwealth of Free Nations, by Markotovia, then Chancellor. By the passage of this Act, this Parliament recognizes Markotovia as an capable Leader, Legislator and Politician. Chancellor’s signature_______ (not required)
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Post by Anglia Imperium, MP on Oct 8, 2017 12:06:38 GMT -5
Section 5 has some room for improvement. Tell me what you think!
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Post by Jaslandia on Oct 12, 2017 14:44:50 GMT -5
I like the idea, but I'm not sure about the execution. If we're doing this on the offsite forums, than why restrict questions to a pre-determined Question Time? Why not allow citizens to submit questions to ministers at any time, and for the relevant ministers to answer at any time? If we were doing this event on something like Discord, then it would make sense to restrict it to a pre-determined time.
So in a nutshell, my advice is: Either allow citizens to submit questions at any time on the forums (in which case, do we really need a bill for that?), or have the Question Time on a real-time medium like Discord (which I'm not too sure about, as past experience has caused me to be skeptical of using Discord for formal government affairs).
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Post by Anglia Imperium, MP on Oct 12, 2017 15:42:04 GMT -5
I like the idea, but I'm not sure about the execution. If we're doing this on the offsite forums, than why restrict questions to a pre-determined Question Time? Why not allow citizens to submit questions to ministers at any time, and for the relevant ministers to answer at any time? If we were doing this event on something like Discord, then it would make sense to restrict it to a pre-determined time. So in a nutshell, my advice is: Either allow citizens to submit questions at any time on the forums (in which case, do we really need a bill for that?), or have the Question Time on a real-time medium like Discord (which I'm not too sure about, as past experience has caused me to be skeptical of using Discord for formal government affairs). Good one. But not many ministers are quite active here on the forums. That would mean that Citizens would also have to notify them on NS, which may lead to other delays and stuff. With the Speaker submitting all questions at once, we ensure that they are all answered. That was my way of thinking. I could add a provision about Formal TG Questions at any time, which will then be answered somewhere like in-game RMB or region wide address. Any ideas on that?
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Post by Jaslandia on Oct 12, 2017 15:58:12 GMT -5
I like the idea, but I'm not sure about the execution. If we're doing this on the offsite forums, than why restrict questions to a pre-determined Question Time? Why not allow citizens to submit questions to ministers at any time, and for the relevant ministers to answer at any time? If we were doing this event on something like Discord, then it would make sense to restrict it to a pre-determined time. So in a nutshell, my advice is: Either allow citizens to submit questions at any time on the forums (in which case, do we really need a bill for that?), or have the Question Time on a real-time medium like Discord (which I'm not too sure about, as past experience has caused me to be skeptical of using Discord for formal government affairs). Good one. But not many ministers are quite active here on the forums. That would mean that Citizens would also have to notify them on NS, which may lead to other delays and stuff. With the Speaker submitting all questions at once, we ensure that they are all answered. That was my way of thinking. I could add a provision about Formal TG Questions at any time, which will then be answered somewhere like in-game RMB or region wide address. Any ideas on that? I see where you're coming from. My advice for that would be: 1. Mandate all ministers to have offices on the offsite forums (like what you have for Foreign Affairs and what Sul has for Internal Affairs) where citizens can submit questions. 2. Allow citizens to submit questions at any time, but during the formal Question Time period, have the Speaker send a message to the ministers reminding them to answer any unanswered questions, and send a message to the citizens reminding them to submit any questions they might have. That way we can ensure all questions are eventually answered, while also keeping the 'question box' open at all times. And I like what you mentioned about a TG or RMB region-wide address, but I'm thinking that should be a more general 'State of the Union' type speech, which would be a separate bill altogether.
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Post by Anglia Imperium, MP on Oct 13, 2017 9:51:57 GMT -5
I see where you're coming from. My advice for that would be: 1. Mandate all ministers to have offices on the offsite forums (like what you have for Foreign Affairs and what Sul has for Internal Affairs) where citizens can submit questions. 2. Allow citizens to submit questions at any time, but during the formal Question Time period, have the Speaker send a message to the ministers reminding them to answer any unanswered questions, and send a message to the citizens reminding them to submit any questions they might have. That way we can ensure all questions are eventually answered, while also keeping the 'question box' open at all times. And I like what you mentioned about a TG or RMB region-wide address, but I'm thinking that should be a more general 'State of the Union' type speech, which would be a separate bill altogether. Done
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Post by Jaslandia on Oct 19, 2017 23:01:23 GMT -5
Just one problem. Not sure if that was there before, but in section 5, it says citizens can bring allegations of false claims to the Supreme Court. That seems a bit extreme, no? 'False claims' could just be a simple mistake or misunderstanding, and even if actual malice is involved, unless there's some bigger scandal, bringing someone to court over a lie seems a bit too far. I don't think there really is a need for that section: Citizens can simply argue against any claims they see as false on the forums or RMB, and if other citizens are convinced, then the offending minister will either be voted out, or will be taken to court on slightly different charges if it turns out the lie is part of a larger pattern.
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Post by Anglia Imperium, MP on Oct 22, 2017 10:04:44 GMT -5
Just one problem. Not sure if that was there before, but in section 5, it says citizens can bring allegations of false claims to the Supreme Court. That seems a bit extreme, no? 'False claims' could just be a simple mistake or misunderstanding, and even if actual malice is involved, unless there's some bigger scandal, bringing someone to court over a lie seems a bit too far. I don't think there really is a need for that section: Citizens can simply argue against any claims they see as false on the forums or RMB, and if other citizens are convinced, then the offending minister will either be voted out, or will be taken to court on slightly different charges if it turns out the lie is part of a larger pattern. I was thinking of deleting it as well. Also, this goes to vote on Oct. 25
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