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i like the idea of direct democracy :D<br><br>> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:53:53 +0100<br>> From: tourovski@gmail.com<br>> To: pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Agora Voting System for a Liquid Democracy at FOSDEM<br>> <br>> Hi Kenneth,<br>> > In fact, most times the party makes the decision and all their MPs act<br>> > as dumb voting-robots, and it's really hard to get a really free vote in<br>> > our parliament. They name it "party discipline", and it's how it works<br>> > here, at least 99% of times.<br>> Unfortunately, it does work exactly the same way in Germany,<br>> Constitution notwithstanding, and you can't legally do anything against<br>> it as of course there is no immediate punishment for someone who votes<br>> out of line - it's just that he or she will probably find themselves at<br>> the very bottom of their party list at the next elections... So the<br>> ruling has more of a symbolic nature, but for me it's a symbol which<br>> should be upheld, not deliberately destroyed.<br>> I think we'll be having a couple of nice fights in the German PP when we<br>> finally get seats in Parliament as to whether we should adhere more to<br>> the constitution&notion of "free vote" or to our promise to represent<br>> the people as closely as possible:)<br>> <br>> Best regards,<br>> Boris<br>> ____________________________________________________<br>> Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br>> pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>> http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br> </body>
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