Legislative Bill · Drumagh
Failed

Strengthening Democratic Institutions Act of 2024

Proposed by Distributists · fronted by Philip Robinson
Failing
blocked by First Citizen
Opened
22 Jun 2024
Voting closes
21 Aug 2024
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
4 changes

Rationale

Strengthen accountability, transparency, and equity by closing loopholes in corruption, lobbying, monopolies, and language rights for fairer governance and opportunity for all.

Proposed Changes

1

Anti-Corruption Commission
Previous law
Independent commission with investigative powers
Independent commission with its own prosecutors and asset-seizure powers

2

Lobbying & Political Donations
Previous law
Unrestricted donations and lobbying
Strict caps and a public lobbying register

3

Competition & Monopolies
Previous law
Active competition enforcement
Proactively break up dominant firms

4

Official Language Policy
Previous law
Ban other languages in schools and government services
Multilingual rights guaranteed (core services available in multiple languages)

Timeline

  • Draft
    14 April 2024


  • Vote Open
    22 June 2024


  • Vote Closed
    21 August 2024


  • Did Not Become Law
    21 August 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

First Council of Ministers

Failed
9Yes 35No 48Abstained 8Not voted 100 seats

For: 9 / 100 seats (9.0%)

Against: 35 · Abstained: 48 · Not voted: 8

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 20.5%)
Party Seats Vote
Centralist Unity 19 Abstain
Distributists Proposer 9 Yes
Freedom Alliance 11 No
New Morning Movement 24 No
Progressive Democratic Union 29 Abstain

The People’s Assembly

Failed
18Yes 69No 96Abstained 17Not voted 200 seats

For: 18 / 200 seats (9.0%)

Against: 69 · Abstained: 96 · Not voted: 17

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 20.7%)
Party Seats Vote
Centralist Unity 38 Abstain
Distributists Proposer 18 Yes
Freedom Alliance 21 No
New Morning Movement 48 No
Progressive Democratic Union 58 Abstain

First Citizen

Failed
0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 1 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Thomas Hill 1 No

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Freedom Alliance
Voted June 28, 2024
No

“We don’t agree on the last article because it goes really too far for what it is.”

Abstain

“This bill goes too far in many aspects, especially on competition and monopolies. We are an ordoliberal party that believes in regulation, but breaking up firms while they haven't broken any laws seems like a violation of the rule of law to us”

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