The Separate Ways Act

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

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:

If 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:

Any 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

[Miestră Schivă, UrN]

I don't object in principle, but what is the problem this legislation is looking to solve?

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Open Society encouraged this during the last election so supports this now. Mic'haglh, you have built sterling reformist credentials during this term.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Open 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?

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Open 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.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

Open 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.

I 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.