Heated Words As Debate Over Bill Packaging Rages On
The latest combatants in the war over one of the most divisive bills in Union history are former Prime Minister Khevo and current Speaker Kanglia.
The bill, called the Bill Packaging Act, is being criticized as a rushed and futile attempt at reducing the backlog of bills in the Council of State, the overworked upper house of the legislature.
Supporters have called the bill necessary, even with its flaws, which many point out could be fixed as necessary.
However, Khevo and Kanglia took the fight to the next level, engaging in a verbal bloodbath on the regional Discord and ending with cursing from both sides- and even our founder, The Noble Thatcherites, joined in as well, opposing Khevo along with Kanglia, although without the cursing.
Khevo has been accused of “crusading… hard against this bill” by Thatcher, and both Thatcher and Kanglia have pointed out his failure to act before while he was still Prime Minister. He was also accused of being “angry that [he was] not being put in a powerful position of government”, which Khevo denied.
Khevo, on the other hand, has accused the government of being elite and undemocratic by stating that “About 10 people decide upon everything, and everyone else doesn’t even get a chance.”
He then proceeded to name several criminal and banned nations, such as Washington and Fairfax along with Ethanoriae, as nations that had pointed out issues with the government and allegedly were ignored. In addition, he stated that “We call ourselves a direct democracy, but we aren’t.”
Kanglia countered back that the GA can vote down any bill from the Council. He also accused Khevo of “only [coming on] to ******* ***** about something the government has done...” and “You sitting on your *** complaining about it & then coming up with a law that literally might as well [get rid of] the Council of State is not helping, whatsoever.”
Thatcher also joined in with “Your were the PM of the region just 16 days ago. Why didn't you bring this up then, when you had the power to change it?”
Khevo concluded without a counter, arguing that “you (Kanglia) are only ticked at me because I'm criticizing the government.” and claiming that “...I was at fault for not realizing some of this stuff while I was. Now that I'm part of the GA, I've decided to take an active part in the legislature, and I'm working to fix where I went wrong. I didn't bring it up when I could decide things because I was too stupid to see this region as our citizens see it.”
He then resigned from his post as Deputy Speaker, but denied that this was caused by his row with Speaker Kanglia.
The Bill Packaging Act shows an extremely close vote of 16 in favor, 18 against, and two abstentions, as of 23:45. The vote seems not to follow party lines as members from all three parties- the Social Democratic Party, the National Commonwealth Party, and the People’s Action Party from left to right politically- are all divided.