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The Party Switching Bill of 2009
The Party Switching Bill was introduced to the 2009-2010 Parliament by MP Iori (DISPPR) on its first day in session. It was introduced in response to MP Stalin's Pipe Organs' defection from the DISPPR, depriving that party of a seat it had won in the election. The bill soon failed; because the precedent was that a seat, once filled, belongs to the MP and not the party.
Stalin's Pipe Organs soon formed his own party, the People's Revolutionary Soviet Party.
Full text of the bill
TO prevent party switching and loyalty to ones party in an effort to keep AH.com government running efficiently.
BE IT ENACTED that, do to the nature of Parliament elections being based on parties not individuals that the party shall have sole ownership of any parliamentary seats it shall be awarded via democratic elections.
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that while sitting as a representative of a party a MP may not switch parties or, form a new party otherwise defect without first resigning their position. In such a case that one tries to do so the ownership of the seat reverts back to the party with valid ownership of it to fill.
Results
Voted Aye
Iori (DISPPR) (1)
Voted Nay
Douglas (E), lothaw (E), Benkarnell (ESP), Stalin's Pipe Organs (PRSP) (4)