WHEREAS, Cosa seats are held by their respective MCs, and not the parties to which they are assigned; and
WHEREAS, MCs maintain affiliation with political parties out of a sense of common goals and a desire to work together to achieve them; and
WHEREAS, these goals and the bonds they form do not always stand the test of time; and
WHEREAS, the right of MCs as Talossan citizens and free-thinking legislators ought to be balanced with respect to the voters by whom they are elected to office; then
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following amendments to
El Lexhatx are effected:
(1): Title B, Section 8.4 is created to read:
QuoteIf during a Cosa term a Member of the Cosa wishes to disaffiliate from their current party in order to affiliate with a new or pre-existing party, or no party at all, they may communicate this intent to the Secretary of State, subject to the following conditions:
8.4.1. No Member of the Cosa may disaffiliate from any party more than once between a general election and the next dissolution of the Cosa.
8.4.2. MCs must resign half of their assigned party seats to disaffiliate, rounded down to the nearest whole seat.
8.4.3. In accordance with Article IV, Section 3 of the Organic Law, party seats that are resigned to disaffiliate are returned to the original party to which they were assigned based on the results of the most recent general election. Likewise, should any MC affiliate with a different party following their disaffiliation from their original party, the remainder of their seats will also return to the original party should that MC vacate those seats for any reason.
8.4.4. Requirements for disaffiliation as described in this section do not apply to MCs whose party undergoes a merger as described in Section 8.2 above.
(2): Title B, Section 8.5 is created to read:
QuoteAny new political parties that are formed by MCs in accordance with Section 8.4 above are entitled to petition the Chancery for registration as an official party, subject to the same communication requirements as any other party described in Section 7 above.
Uréu q'estadra så:
Mic'haglh Autófil MC
Breneir Tzaracomprada MC
I don't object in principle, but what is the problem this legislation is looking to solve?
Open Society encouraged this during the last election so supports this now. Mic'haglh, you have built sterling reformist credentials during this term.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 14, 2025, 05:10:13 PMOpen Society encouraged this during the last election so supports this now. Mic'haglh, you have built sterling reformist credentials during this term.
@Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP Might I be added as a co-sponsor?
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 14, 2025, 08:55:21 PMQuote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 14, 2025, 05:10:13 PMOpen Society encouraged this during the last election so supports this now. Mic'haglh, you have built sterling reformist credentials during this term.
@Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP Might I be added as a co-sponsor?
Mic'haglh, bumping this in case you missed it.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 14, 2025, 08:55:21 PMQuote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 14, 2025, 05:10:13 PMOpen Society encouraged this during the last election so supports this now. Mic'haglh, you have built sterling reformist credentials during this term.
@Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP Might I be added as a co-sponsor?
I would be amenable to this, though as with the Royal Commission proposal, with this bill effectively "on hold" until the next Cosa term, I would wait until then before doing much else with it.
Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on January 14, 2025, 01:30:05 PMI don't object in principle, but what is the problem this legislation is looking to solve?
At this time, it would seem that we have a gray area for exactly how beholden MCs are to their party in terms of membership. This legislation would establish a clear procedure/rules for those MCs seeking to branch off from their party.
This proposal was never officially archived; please consider this notice that it is "officially no longer on hold".
Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on April 14, 2025, 10:30:48 PMThis proposal was never officially archived; please consider this notice that it is "officially no longer on hold".
Open Society is now the Green Party but I re-submit my request to co-sponsor if the sponsor would allow it.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 14, 2025, 10:46:23 PMQuote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on April 14, 2025, 10:30:48 PMThis proposal was never officially archived; please consider this notice that it is "officially no longer on hold".
Open Society is now the Green Party but I re-submit my request to co-sponsor if the sponsor would allow it.
Sponsorship updated.
Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on April 14, 2025, 11:05:12 PMQuote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 14, 2025, 10:46:23 PMQuote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on April 14, 2025, 10:30:48 PMThis proposal was never officially archived; please consider this notice that it is "officially no longer on hold".
Open Society is now the Green Party but I re-submit my request to co-sponsor if the sponsor would allow it.
Sponsorship updated.
Thanks very much
Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on April 14, 2025, 10:30:48 PMThis proposal was never officially archived; please consider this notice that it is "officially no longer on hold".
Yup, I did not consider this withdrawn because it would only have been Clarkable in February; same for all other bills that were posted in January and are currently standing in the Hopper.