Constitutional Amendment: Deputy Prime Minister Act

TITLE: The Deputy Prime Minister Act, Constitutional Amendment

WHEREAS: the activities of this Parliament should not be interrupted by the absence of its chair;

WHEREAS: currently there is no provision for the continuance of the activities of this Parliament during the absence of its chair, the Prime Minister;

WHEREAS: this Bill allows the activities of this Parliament to proceed as normal during an absence, whether planned or unplanned, of the Prime Minister, be it therefore

ORDERED: that a Deputy Prime Minister will exercise the parliamentary powers of the Prime Minister during an absence of the latter;
ORDERED: that when the Prime Minister plans to be absent from Nation States for a more than two days, they may publicly appoint an incumbent Senator to serve as Deputy Prime Minister until the former’s return;

ORDERED: that when the Prime Minister has been absent for more than two days without having appointed a Deputy Prime Minister, the Senator who has been active in the past two days with the most votes in the last regional election automatically becomes Deputy Prime Minister until the return of the elected Prime Minister.


UPDATED:

ORDERED: that the following clause shall be inserted into the Constitution of this Union as part of Article 3, Section D, Subsection 3:

"Clause a: in the event that the Prime Minister is absent for more than two days, the Senator with the most votes at the last regional election is charged with calling a vote in Parliament to choose a Deputy Prime Minister from among the incumbent Senators of this Union."

November 15, 2015
Abdoa, Senator

As I have a conflict of interest in this Bill (the third ORDERED clause), I will not either sponsor it, nor vote on it unless requested to do so by the PM, even though I am its author. I still proposed this Bill because I think it is necessary to ensure the proper functioning of this parliament, considering what happened during the debate on the Constitution Act, in which the absence of this kind of legislation left the PM with a real problem.

1st of all, I think this would have to be a Constitutional Amendment.
2nd, Why not just have the Parliament vote on a Deputy PM?

Since I am no longer conflicted, I support this Constitutional Amendment as its author.

I like the intent of this Amendment. I'd like to ask for a bit of opinion/debate around the idea of the Deputy Prime Minister being selected by WA endorsements. If this idea is drek then I support this Amendment as it stands!

Perhaps the senate should elect a DPM?