Republic Cabinet Reforms Hit Sandbank
Nyman D.C.
Today, President Republic's reforms that would see the Forum Affairs Department split into a Federal Elections Department and a Census Bureau took a possibly fatal blow. Despite support from many quarters, the bill will likely die, not through lack of support, but because the President failed to offer amendments to rectify problems identified with it.
After debate on the bill opened, many Senators and onlookers pointed out problems with the bill, including a lack of definition of the responsibilities of the two departments, and also references in present statute requiring action by the Secretary of Forum Affairs. On 12 January, President Joe Republic acknowledged these problems and signalled his intention to draft an Amendment to rectify them.
Six days later, he hadn't indicated any action of any kind, and the PPT, Senator MasterJedi opened the vote on the whole bill anyway. So far, the bill has accrued 3 Nay votes and no supporters, and rightly so: A major reform of this kind without the statutory framework to support it is no reform at all, rather a recipe for disaster.
President Republic tried to salvage the situation by asking the Senator MasterJedi, PPT and the Vice President to override the SPR and cancel the vote to allow him time, because apparently six days wasn't enough, to write the amendments. MasterJedi declined after discussions with Porce on the matter, a decision borne out by the SPRs provisions on this matter.
In other news, the creation of the fifth debate slot in the Senate specifically for forum affairs legislation is set to pass having accrued 4 votes in favour, and a routine amendment to the SPR also passed late last night.
Today, President Republic's reforms that would see the Forum Affairs Department split into a Federal Elections Department and a Census Bureau took a possibly fatal blow. Despite support from many quarters, the bill will likely die, not through lack of support, but because the President failed to offer amendments to rectify problems identified with it.
After debate on the bill opened, many Senators and onlookers pointed out problems with the bill, including a lack of definition of the responsibilities of the two departments, and also references in present statute requiring action by the Secretary of Forum Affairs. On 12 January, President Joe Republic acknowledged these problems and signalled his intention to draft an Amendment to rectify them.
Six days later, he hadn't indicated any action of any kind, and the PPT, Senator MasterJedi opened the vote on the whole bill anyway. So far, the bill has accrued 3 Nay votes and no supporters, and rightly so: A major reform of this kind without the statutory framework to support it is no reform at all, rather a recipe for disaster.
President Republic tried to salvage the situation by asking the Senator MasterJedi, PPT and the Vice President to override the SPR and cancel the vote to allow him time, because apparently six days wasn't enough, to write the amendments. MasterJedi declined after discussions with Porce on the matter, a decision borne out by the SPRs provisions on this matter.
In other news, the creation of the fifth debate slot in the Senate specifically for forum affairs legislation is set to pass having accrued 4 votes in favour, and a routine amendment to the SPR also passed late last night.
posted by Peter at 1:43 pm
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