WHEREAS Terpelaziuns are necessary and proper for good government and accountability;
AND WHEREAS Terpelaziuns degenerating into long threads of mutual speechifying and political barbs not only does nothing for government accountability, but is unseemly, and is one of the reasons Talossan politics has become toxic, driving down public interest in politics and in Talossa in general;
AND WHEREAS members of the Cosa have queried whether Terpelaziun threads should be open for uninvolved parties to contribute to, and this should be allowed at the discretion of the presiding officers;
AND WHEREAS parliamentary debate in Talossa should be regulated by the presiding officers of the Houses of the Ziu, as in other civilised nations;BE IT ENACTED that El Lexhatx H.1.2.3, which currently reads:
QuoteThe questioned Minister, or other applicable official as described above, must answer the Terpelaziun in the same thread as the original question, and the questioner may ask a reasonable number of supplementary questions, as determined by the presiding officer.
shall be amended to:
QuoteThe questioned Minister, or other applicable official as described above, must answer the Terpelaziun in the same thread as the original question, and the questioner or any other MC may, with the express permission of the presiding offer, ask one or more supplementary questions.
I support this bill. A friendly observation that in the amended section I think you mean officer not offer.