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Should be a good month for congress

'A while pack' I'd have told you to shut up but meh, congress is a dead thing and any attempt to revive it is a good thing

Some element of order would be a welcome return

Thank god for Democracy

These are all excellent points, I especially like the petition idea, it will give the common folk a voice in the Congress without being an elected member.

Ffs, not this again...

an effective congress?

Well, you aren't limiting any of the button clicking freedoms I have, so I won't campaign against this...

"1." Fine with me, but also fine if it aign't gonna work and congress do it the other way in PM.
"2" Fine with me because likewise anyone can propose anything and congress decides.
"3" Sounds sympatic. Tho' let congress decide if and which one will be Speaker, because if, then they have to cooperate, because I think any Speaker has got to have the confidence of the congress.
"4 The Speaker will be charged with publishing the articles outlined above and scheduling proposals made to congress as well as liaising with the CP to help govt run smoothly."
First part ok. Let the Speaker be the Speaker of congress.
Second part. Let the governement be the governement, so don't put the Speaker in between those two. Congress and Governement should be able to do this thenselves.

Trying to revive and giving the chance people get more involved is a good thing.

Madness is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result...

no they're a band

When is this "referendum" going to take place.

idk in like a couple of days I guess

Can we have a referendum on the date?

1) Or better someone summarise what congress have been discussing in an article. Most discussions of note contain discussion as to MPPs etc.
2) Can't citizens petition their party congressmen anyway and the congressman then forwards on if considered meritable. Not sure this needs to be in writing.
3) Usually we only have one person putting themselves forward so pointless. Plus who arranges.the referendum?? Having a referendum just delays the voted speaker from doing their duty. Congress should be the ones to vote as they are the ones dealing with him or her...

Or we could just ignore you.

Tbh I'd rather have the CP appoint a speaker every month than have another election which most two clickers won't know about. Also yea, I kinda feel like point 2 is a lil bit unnecessary if citizens can just PM their Congressmen.

Otherwise it's nice to see some activity :'))

Some activity in your unit would be nice to see.

Honestly it's for the best that we stay dead lmao

yeah i forgot that we elect congressmen from the military units

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This feels like innocently reopening the door to meta, and that way madness lies (the disorder, not the band - actually, maybe the band as well).

Naughty boys in nasty schools headmasters breaking all the rules having fun and playing fools smashing up the woodwork tools all the teachers in the pub passing round the ready rub trying not to think of when the lunchtime bell will ring again.

Serious question - is Addaway Goku?

I think you should keep it as simple as possible so as to only be making a factual and informative account of what is happening.

Speaker duties:-

On the election of a new Congress,
As soon as practicable:-

Friend request all new members of Congress
Message threads to include all relevant members of Government
Newspaper article to state results of Congress elections, a list and links to all members of Congress and include the list of Government members.

On the election of a new Government,
As soon as practicable:-
Obtain details of all new government ministers and Friend request
Message threads to include government and Congress
Newspaper article to state the membership of the new Government

Speaker Articles
These should be produced at regular intervals in addition to the above to include changes in Congress or Government and a summary of all laws and discussions in Congress since the last article

Law proposals
These fall into 2 main categories
1 Government initiated proposals such as MPP, NE and Donate laws could be kept to the Congress threads and notified by the Government of its intentions accordingly
2 Congress initiated proposals such as changes to the various taxes or CP impeachment - most of these fail because there is no notification or discussion. These should therefore receive a 24 hour notification period and publication prior to the law commencing. Following the 24 hour period proposal can either be withdrawn or voted on in the usual way by Congress.