Title: Constitutional Amendment
Redundancies - March 19, 2007 02:09 PM (GMT)
Currently the Constitution has the following section:
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2. Deputy Ministers. Each Cabinet Minister must appoint a Deputy Minister as soon as possible. The Deputy Minister shall take the Minister's place on an interim basis should the elected Minister be unable to continue holding office.
Upon passing a Vote of Confidence, a Deputy Minister is then able to assume the role of the elected Minister and shall be granted the Minister's complete portfolio for the remainder of the current term, in the event that the elected minister is unable to fulfill his or her duties. The complete portfolio granted includes Admin and Cabinet status. |
The last sentence needs clarification as not all Cabinet positions include Admin status. So the proposal is to amend as follows:
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2. Deputy Ministers. Each Cabinet Minister must appoint a Deputy Minister as soon as possible. The Deputy Minister shall take the Minister's place on an interim basis should the elected Minister be unable to continue holding office.
Upon passing a Vote of Confidence, a Deputy Minister is then able to assume the role of the elected Minister and shall be granted the Minister's complete portfolio for the remainder of the current term, in the event that the elected minister is unable to fulfill his or her duties. The complete portfolio granted includes Cabinet status (Admin status if applicable). |
Any comments on this?
Diemetricus - March 19, 2007 03:07 PM (GMT)
Sounds good to me. :fonz:
Almonaster - March 19, 2007 05:18 PM (GMT)
I'm happy with the intent, but I'd prefer to see the word "plus" added after the opening bracket.
Jack_Tarr - March 19, 2007 07:07 PM (GMT)
Parrrrtay - March 19, 2007 07:38 PM (GMT)
In another area in The Constitution it reads:
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| Upon passing a Vote of Confidence, the appointed Minister shall be granted the Minister's complete portfolio (including Admin. status if applicable) for the remainder of the current term. |
Would 'including' be better than 'plus'?
Almonaster - March 19, 2007 07:39 PM (GMT)
Redundancies - March 19, 2007 08:07 PM (GMT)
Okay, the current consensus seems to go with...
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| Upon passing a Vote of Confidence, a Deputy Minister is then able to assume the role of the elected Minister and shall be granted the Minister's complete portfolio for the remainder of the current term, in the event that the elected minister is unable to fulfill his or her duties. The complete portfolio granted includes Cabinet status (including Admin status if applicable). |
Ess - March 19, 2007 08:52 PM (GMT)
Almonaster - March 19, 2007 09:24 PM (GMT)
Blackshear - March 19, 2007 10:01 PM (GMT)
The latest version is constitutional perfection.
Carbanousa - March 20, 2007 02:35 AM (GMT)
Old Ogastein - March 20, 2007 11:55 PM (GMT)
Almonaster - May 17, 2007 11:51 AM (GMT)
So - can we move on implementing this?
