McVicker Proposal moves to substantive stage

Titulia City - In a closely fought battle, Dennis McVicker's recent Executive Council Proposition has reached the substantive stage. This means the battle is not over but the next round of voting could create a major change in how the government operates. At stake is the status-quo position, which simply means things stay as they are now.

Dennis who's crafted a unique proposition that mollifies a few of the hard line legislative supporters like Karl Christen and John Adams, but still retains the direct democracy aspects that many feel need to be maintained. Interestingly this proposal actually increases the direct democratic aspects of the government by increasing voter participation.

Basically every position in the current cabinet is now up for grabs. Dennis is suggesting that we hold weekly elections, culminating with the presidential election every 28 days. The theory is that activity levels are at their highest when voters are electing a president, and having an election every week would be an effective manner in which to keep their interest. Furthermore, each cabinet position would become a minister type position, which would include their own budget and employees.

The president's position would change to that of a parliamentary president. Where they would set the agenda and debate within the executive council. The four executive ministers and the president would have equal power in terms of their vote. At this point important legislation would be hashed out within the executive council, which then would be presented to the voters who would vote the proposal up or down.

We scoured the proposal comment board for dissenting views on this proposal, but none were found other then one comment by Gregory Hock, who was attempting to suggest that this proposition would give the president more power if there was a deadlock on a given proposal.

However, former President Alex Pijanowski and Republic Bad Boy, Owen Merry both concur that this proposal has merit. Alex stated, "At a point when Titulia desperately needs an increase in participation, I think that instituting the Executive Council, if only temporarily, could work wonders."

Owen Merry also piped in with, "This prop also increases direct democracy. After a week, the president hasnt proposed any nominations to the cabinet. She hasnt even proposed a budget, even though she is legally required to after 3 days of being elected. This knew system ensures certain jobs are done despite lazyness of certain politicians."

After analyzing the vote, we found that the Linardist Party voted almost straight party line against this proposal. Not one of the founding members of the Linardist Party has even suggested as to why they are opposed. This seems to be a growing trend within this party, anytime Dennis McVicker or his allies makes a proposal, they come out as a group and vote against it. Perhaps they have good reasons most of the time, but at this point the Titulian Herald is suggesting that there may be more to this than meets the eye. Is the Linardist Party holding a grudge against their former ally? It seems the animosity between these two divided camps is increasing, and coming to a head. Who will win the final battle is yet to be decided. Hopefully the feud does not come at the sacrifice of what is best for the Republic.

The Herald calls on all citizens to put aside their political interests for this substantive vote and really consider this proposal for what it could do for the Republic.