- RP Date
- 5ζ YE 43
- RP Location
- Senate Dome
Taii Seinosuke Iemochi, Senator for Virginia, stood in the Senate Dome, looking around at the others who had decided to assemble for this meeting. Any Senator had been invited and could put forward their thoughts. Mochi himself was there by use of a newly invented telepresence device, in actuality being located aboard the YSS Resurgence a long way away. Samples of the device had been sent to his colleagues free of charge by him, to hopefully allow more open and practical access to the currently underutilised Senate Dome.
"My fellow Senators. This is the first time we have met in almost 8 years. I hope you don't mind my calling us all here today, given we are sadly without a Premier to supervise this discussion." The Elysian waved his hand to the empty stand that was close by him, which the Imperial Premier would usually occupy. "I've found myself with the time and drive to look at the way our government works recently. There are several points of clarification to protocol that I would like to see enacted by this body. One example being rectifying how we are left at this moment without a Premier, which should ideally never have happened. There are several other procedural clarifications I'd like to address in due course by further Proposals. However, it would be disingenuous to do so without for the first time, establishing proper procedure for making changes to our Constitution." The volumetric projection spoke, seeming indistinguishable from the real thing other than a small grey disk floating below Seinosuke's desk.
"You should have all received a copy of my Proposal, that I wish for this Senate to consider today. Proposal #113, Special Proposals for Amendments." The Star Army officer, dressed in his Class As, finished. The volumetric seemed to be holding a copy of the Proposal, a few sheets of paper fastened together. "As I'm sure you can all agree, our Constitution is by its definiton a higher level of law than the regular goings-on of civilian government and bylaws. This Proposal puts forward a method by which we can protect our Constitution from being changed as if it was any normal law."
The blonde-haired figure slapped the document down on the table somewhat theatrically, leaning forward on the desk with his hands. "At this point I would take the moment to say that while I initally thought about extending the protection of our values in the Constitution to other branches of government, I've decided now is not the time or place to have such a discussion. As of right now I am only proposing self-regulation and limiting our own ability to change this document."
A pause, "I know the public at large and certainly most of you will say 'why are we voluntarily making changes harder for ourselves' and 'why are we voluntarily giving up power'? Well, this is because in my opinion no one should be able to change the values of our Empire without great consideration - to do otherwise breeds animosity and confusion. We have a duty to our citizens to provide a stable and prosperous society where their rights and the values they associate with can't be removed at the drop of a hat."
Seinosuke looked at his fellow Senators each in turn, "I believe this Proposal and my stance here supports Principles 1, 2, 3 and 5 as written in our Constitution. And with that, I'd like to commit this Proposal to the floor."
"My fellow Senators. This is the first time we have met in almost 8 years. I hope you don't mind my calling us all here today, given we are sadly without a Premier to supervise this discussion." The Elysian waved his hand to the empty stand that was close by him, which the Imperial Premier would usually occupy. "I've found myself with the time and drive to look at the way our government works recently. There are several points of clarification to protocol that I would like to see enacted by this body. One example being rectifying how we are left at this moment without a Premier, which should ideally never have happened. There are several other procedural clarifications I'd like to address in due course by further Proposals. However, it would be disingenuous to do so without for the first time, establishing proper procedure for making changes to our Constitution." The volumetric projection spoke, seeming indistinguishable from the real thing other than a small grey disk floating below Seinosuke's desk.
"You should have all received a copy of my Proposal, that I wish for this Senate to consider today. Proposal #113, Special Proposals for Amendments." The Star Army officer, dressed in his Class As, finished. The volumetric seemed to be holding a copy of the Proposal, a few sheets of paper fastened together. "As I'm sure you can all agree, our Constitution is by its definiton a higher level of law than the regular goings-on of civilian government and bylaws. This Proposal puts forward a method by which we can protect our Constitution from being changed as if it was any normal law."
The blonde-haired figure slapped the document down on the table somewhat theatrically, leaning forward on the desk with his hands. "At this point I would take the moment to say that while I initally thought about extending the protection of our values in the Constitution to other branches of government, I've decided now is not the time or place to have such a discussion. As of right now I am only proposing self-regulation and limiting our own ability to change this document."
A pause, "I know the public at large and certainly most of you will say 'why are we voluntarily making changes harder for ourselves' and 'why are we voluntarily giving up power'? Well, this is because in my opinion no one should be able to change the values of our Empire without great consideration - to do otherwise breeds animosity and confusion. We have a duty to our citizens to provide a stable and prosperous society where their rights and the values they associate with can't be removed at the drop of a hat."
Seinosuke looked at his fellow Senators each in turn, "I believe this Proposal and my stance here supports Principles 1, 2, 3 and 5 as written in our Constitution. And with that, I'd like to commit this Proposal to the floor."
As per the Senators listed in the wiki page:
@Legix
@Soban
@Wes
@Fred
@paladinrpg
@Andrew
@Nashoba
@Ametheliana
@Doshii Jun
@Legix
@Soban
@Wes
@Fred
@paladinrpg
@Andrew
@Nashoba
@Ametheliana
@Doshii Jun