Post by Hooligan on Oct 18, 2007 16:25:44 GMT -6
[The Prime Minister steps up to the podium.]
My friends on all sides of the aisles,
Here I am at long last to offer you my own thoughts, such as they are, on the legislation that has been drafted and is now before us for consideration and decision. I know it's the 18th of the month, and I have been derelict in making this speech for...what would that be?...17 days. Sorry about that.
[The Prime Minister dodges tomatoes and other vegetation. Unsuccessfully.]
I'll get right to it and I will be as mercifully brief as possible.
On 37RZ15: The Provincial Unshackling Act, the intent behind this bill, which lay in the Hopper for a good long time and did not receive any negative comments or criticism, is to fuel the resurgence of provincial life in our Kingdom. As we have seen recently, there is interest in provincial government and affairs. This act would allow the provinces to determine their own election schedule and organize themselves independently. The government cannot see anything wrong with this, and would recommend a Për vote on this measure.
About 37RZ16: The Tim Act, which has been derisively called, by the esteemed leader of the opposition, the "King John's family on the throne forever act", I have a few important sentences to say. My friends, all this act does is change the name "Rouergue" to "Lupul", so that our Organic Law refers, as it should, to the house of the currently sitting King. This act does not put King John's family on the throne forever any more than the existing Organic Law put King Louis's family on the throne forever. Louis is no longer King. This act is simply making our Organic Law say so. The government truly sees no reason for a negative vote on this act, and recommends a Për vote. The members of the Ziu are urged to look at the current Organic Law, and at this proposed amendment to it, and to realize how tremendously small and necessary this change is. Ask yourselves, is the current Organic Law correct on this point? No. Ask yourselves, would the Organic Law be more correct with this change? Yes. Ask yourselves, does this proposed amendment change anything at all, other than the name of the royal family, so that it will no longer say Rouergue? Yes, it does. Oh, yeah? Yeah, it also eliminates the chance that an adoptee (which is what Louis was, and it was the reign of Louis which caused all these problems and debates) could reach the throne again. It also eliminates the mechanism for naming an heir by law if none exists, and eliminates the right of the Cosâ to consent to royal marriages. Ask yourself which of these changes are objectionable, and ask yourself if what is being proposed is just plain better than what we have now. Yes, it is.
Concerning 37RZ17: The Al Act, which has been derisively called, by the leader of the opposition, "the lame concession act", I will try (and surely fail) to say a bit less. Lame or not (and apparently it has been labeled that), this proposal was indeed made in deference to those who seem to wish that the monarchy to which we have all sworn ourselves be rendered non-hereditary. Under the structure of a monarchy, we can put nothing in our Organic Law that would countenance any disloyalty to our King. Because of this, we cannot create a way to campaign against him, to create a political thing out of his throne, or to pick a day on which he will be tossed off the throne by the expiration of a term of office. A monarchy has an orderly line of succession, and it must have this line, or a scramble for the throne, bringing out the worst in everyone, will certainly ensue. Under these conditions, how can we meet the needs of Talossa to ensure that the person who follows the current King to the throne will be an active, interested Talossan, the so-called "best choice"? This act gives us a way to do so. If the person next-in-line is ever not the best man (or woman) for the throne, then the Ziu, the people's representatives, can and will be allowed to act to ensure that this person does not become our Sovereign. My faith is in the wisdom of the Ziu, to constantly monitor the line of succession to the throne and guard against any unfit person to be first in line. This act ("the lame concession") may not be what the opposition wanted, but it also is not the final say. We are free, my friends, to continue to amend our Organic Law at any time and I could foresee amendments to better handle the situation when a royal family exhausts, perhaps by extending the line of succession beyond the royal family to include all citizens of this nation. Again, my friends, I trust the wisdom of the Ziu and of the Talossan people. I trust the Ziu and the people to (to borrow a phrase from the opposition) Defend The Throne.
I yield the floor.
[The Prime Minister yields the floor, and heads for the bar. If Lord Dan, Sir Fritz, or Dr. Rajala could join him, the PM would be buying.]
My friends on all sides of the aisles,
Here I am at long last to offer you my own thoughts, such as they are, on the legislation that has been drafted and is now before us for consideration and decision. I know it's the 18th of the month, and I have been derelict in making this speech for...what would that be?...17 days. Sorry about that.
[The Prime Minister dodges tomatoes and other vegetation. Unsuccessfully.]
I'll get right to it and I will be as mercifully brief as possible.
On 37RZ15: The Provincial Unshackling Act, the intent behind this bill, which lay in the Hopper for a good long time and did not receive any negative comments or criticism, is to fuel the resurgence of provincial life in our Kingdom. As we have seen recently, there is interest in provincial government and affairs. This act would allow the provinces to determine their own election schedule and organize themselves independently. The government cannot see anything wrong with this, and would recommend a Për vote on this measure.
About 37RZ16: The Tim Act, which has been derisively called, by the esteemed leader of the opposition, the "King John's family on the throne forever act", I have a few important sentences to say. My friends, all this act does is change the name "Rouergue" to "Lupul", so that our Organic Law refers, as it should, to the house of the currently sitting King. This act does not put King John's family on the throne forever any more than the existing Organic Law put King Louis's family on the throne forever. Louis is no longer King. This act is simply making our Organic Law say so. The government truly sees no reason for a negative vote on this act, and recommends a Për vote. The members of the Ziu are urged to look at the current Organic Law, and at this proposed amendment to it, and to realize how tremendously small and necessary this change is. Ask yourselves, is the current Organic Law correct on this point? No. Ask yourselves, would the Organic Law be more correct with this change? Yes. Ask yourselves, does this proposed amendment change anything at all, other than the name of the royal family, so that it will no longer say Rouergue? Yes, it does. Oh, yeah? Yeah, it also eliminates the chance that an adoptee (which is what Louis was, and it was the reign of Louis which caused all these problems and debates) could reach the throne again. It also eliminates the mechanism for naming an heir by law if none exists, and eliminates the right of the Cosâ to consent to royal marriages. Ask yourself which of these changes are objectionable, and ask yourself if what is being proposed is just plain better than what we have now. Yes, it is.
Concerning 37RZ17: The Al Act, which has been derisively called, by the leader of the opposition, "the lame concession act", I will try (and surely fail) to say a bit less. Lame or not (and apparently it has been labeled that), this proposal was indeed made in deference to those who seem to wish that the monarchy to which we have all sworn ourselves be rendered non-hereditary. Under the structure of a monarchy, we can put nothing in our Organic Law that would countenance any disloyalty to our King. Because of this, we cannot create a way to campaign against him, to create a political thing out of his throne, or to pick a day on which he will be tossed off the throne by the expiration of a term of office. A monarchy has an orderly line of succession, and it must have this line, or a scramble for the throne, bringing out the worst in everyone, will certainly ensue. Under these conditions, how can we meet the needs of Talossa to ensure that the person who follows the current King to the throne will be an active, interested Talossan, the so-called "best choice"? This act gives us a way to do so. If the person next-in-line is ever not the best man (or woman) for the throne, then the Ziu, the people's representatives, can and will be allowed to act to ensure that this person does not become our Sovereign. My faith is in the wisdom of the Ziu, to constantly monitor the line of succession to the throne and guard against any unfit person to be first in line. This act ("the lame concession") may not be what the opposition wanted, but it also is not the final say. We are free, my friends, to continue to amend our Organic Law at any time and I could foresee amendments to better handle the situation when a royal family exhausts, perhaps by extending the line of succession beyond the royal family to include all citizens of this nation. Again, my friends, I trust the wisdom of the Ziu and of the Talossan people. I trust the Ziu and the people to (to borrow a phrase from the opposition) Defend The Throne.
I yield the floor.
[The Prime Minister yields the floor, and heads for the bar. If Lord Dan, Sir Fritz, or Dr. Rajala could join him, the PM would be buying.]