- 14 Apr 2009 04:14
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This is a proposal for managing the nuts and bolts of the party (and repeats some things that have already been said). It is admittedly rather strong on party discipline, but also contains earnest commitments to reflect the will of the PUC parliamentary caucus and constituents.
Apportionment of seats
I'm expecting that our votes will be tallied on one PUC list. So, for instance, right now all PUC would receive 17 seats, with 8 votes for PUC-C and 5 votes for PUC-L. PUC-C includes any votes that just say "PUC".
The PUC party leader will then distribute seats to the two wings of the party proportionately; for instance, with the current results, PUC-L gets 38.4% of the PUC vote and PUC-C gets 61.5%. The odd seat goes to the wing of PUC that gets more than .5 of a seat, which (for example) with the current results is PUC-L, which would get 6.528, rounded up to 7 seats out of the 17. PUC-C would get the other 10 seats.
Seats are then allocated to the two party leaders of the wings of PUC, who will then distribute them according to the rules established independently by the two wings of the party.
Voting and party discipline.
Both wings of the party are expected to abide by party discipline. PUC MPs are expected to vote with the party line, established by the PUC party leader (currently Nets), on matters of economic and foreign policy. PUC MPs are expected to vote along the party line with their wing of the party on social matters (currently Nets and Clausewitz). Certain votes may be deemed "free votes" by the party leader relevant to the vote (i.e., Nets on economic foreign policy, and Nets and Clausewitz on social policy) and members of the parties will then be able to vote their conscience.
In addition to a commitment to party discipline, PUC is adamantly committed to reflecting the values and beliefs and principles of its membership. Although the party maintains strong discipline on voting in Parliament, PUC strenuously believes in having the commitments of its MPs and constituents, and is prepared to often grant authority to MPs to vote freely when especially divisive matters of policy arise.
Censure of MPs.
In the event that a seated MP rejects the consensus of the party and votes against the party leadership on a piece of legislation, that MP may be censured and blacklisted by a consensus of the PUC membership and parliamentary caucus. The censure of an MP by the PUC will mean that, until the MP is rehabilitated by consensus of the party, the individual will not be eligible to receive a seat in Parliament or a nomination to state office from this party.
Establishment of platform.
The two wings of PUC establish platform on social and economic policy together by consensus. The two wings of PUC establish social policy independently, but with a strong and earnest effort to develop consensus between the two wings of the party whenever and wherever possible.
Faction: PoFo Unity Coalition - Liberal (Econ: 2.38, Social: -1.13)