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« Reply #25 on: August 26, 2015, 03:47:03 PM »
« edited: August 26, 2015, 11:49:35 PM by Simfan34 »

Mr Speaker,

I would like to remind the right honourable member and this house that we are Americans.
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« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2015, 06:47:33 PM »

To ask the Prime Minister why his government has not presented an Agenda to this House despite the specific instruction of the President?
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« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2015, 11:41:24 PM »

I would like to ask the Prime Minister why he is a toady of the American imperialists. Explain yourself, bourgeois swine!

Mr. Speaker,

I again draw the chamber's attention to the irony of this bogus claim. The member standing before you is a communist, attempting to label the people's Government as "imperialist" and tether it to the "Americans."

This communist before us sympathizes with one of history's most evil empires. The Soviet Union, responsible for tens of millions of dead innocents, launched invasion after invasion in the name of the same revolution this man says he'd like to see brought to South America.

Beyond the crimes of the past, these vanguards of the revolution are responsible for great tragedies of the present. Each day, millions upon millions of Atlasians are forced to endure oppression where they know nothing of freedom. This is the Red crime against the present.

I reject out of hand the premise of the Member's question.

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« Reply #28 on: August 28, 2015, 02:54:10 AM »

To ask the Minister for Social Protection what will be done to address the human rights abuses in which states within our republic are forcing minors to give birth to children conceived as a result of rape or incest in a clear violation of their reproductive rights.
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« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2015, 04:50:46 AM »

Mr Speaker,

I would like to remind the honourable member that in calling these laws 'human rights abuses' he, unfortunately, hasn't a leg to stand upon. I can think of no formal charter that gives a woman a human right to an abortion, and, in any case, there is none that South America has signed. However, I imagine that the Minister for Social Protection and myself will be, most likely, looking to establish one coherent statute on abortion, as opposed to the patchwork of differing laws that we have now. I look forward to the contributions of the honorable member when that stage is reached.
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« Reply #30 on: August 28, 2015, 08:30:06 AM »

To ask the Minister for Social Protection what will be done to address the human rights abuses in which states within our republic are forcing minors to give birth to children conceived as a result of rape or incest in a clear violation of their reproductive rights.

As my honourable friend Cassius explains we're at the difficult stage of trying to unify a complex set of laws and regulations from over 12 different nations. One of my departments main priorities will be healthcare and ensuring that their is a sufficient safety net in place to prevent these awful abuses from happening in the first place. In this case it appears that the abusive behavior from the step-father had been reported in 2014 but no further actions had taken place.

My personal view is that a woman should have a right to an abortion and it should be 'safe, legal and rare. Obviously the political situation is much more complex than that-in Paraguay 89% of the population are Catholic and the church and local authorities have settled to only allow abortion in cases of danger to the mothers life. However forcing an 11 year old girl to give birth after being raped by her step-father is simply dangerous
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« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2015, 10:54:50 AM »

Answer the question! Shame! Shame!
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« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2015, 11:25:46 AM »
« Edited: August 28, 2015, 06:42:03 PM by Barnes »

The Prime Minister has another 24 hours remaining to answer the Honorable Member's question.  I will remind ministers that I take a dim view of failure to answer questions and will act appropriately when such a situation arises.
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« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2015, 07:41:32 PM »

To ask the Prime Minister why his government has not presented an Agenda to this House despite the specific instruction of the President?

Mr. Speaker,

There is no method of governing. In order to tell the people what we will do, we must first know what we can do. Our specific policy agenda will follow a solid national foundation. Only when we knows the powers of government, enumerated by a legitimate Parliament, can we wield those powers in the national interest.
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« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2015, 02:50:44 AM »

To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when our republic will do its part to address the Syrian refugee crisis.

To ask the Minister for Justice what the government's policy is toward uncontacted peoples within South America.
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« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2015, 09:50:05 AM »

Mr. Speaker,

To what limited extent they can, separated, as we are, by oceans as well as religious and linguistic barriers, South American nations have been leaders in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis. Brazil in particular has granted more refugee visas than any other nation on the continent - including Atlasia - but that's not to downplay the importance of the hundreds of families accepted by other nations on this continent. Uruguay, for example, has taken the lead in providing refugees with Spanish classes, healthcare, housing, and stipends until adults can find jobs - I hope that other nations can follow their lead in generously providing for refugee families.

When Spain was consumed by civil war and dictatorship, refugees fled to South America. When the Jews of Europe faced persecution, they fled abroad to nations on this continent. Bringing in people of different backgrounds helps our society grow. We see no reason to discontinue the offering of humanitarian visas to those who have been affected by the conflict in Syria. Our doors are open.
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« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2015, 10:03:43 AM »

Mr. Speaker,

I thank the honorable member for his question. It's an important one. Justice department policy as it stands in relation to uncontacted peoples is not yet unified - constituent nations in the relevant area will continue to pursue their own policy until such a federal approach is devised at the appropriate juncture. My personal view would be that a position of careful and tightly controlled contact, respecting the rights of the indigenous peoples, is the best way forward.
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« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2015, 01:15:06 PM »

To ask the Prime Minister why neither he nor any other member of his government has yet to present a programme of government to this House despite being instructed to do so by the President? I imagine that it must be highly embarrassing to be faced with this question twice, but then that's what this government is: an embarrassment.
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« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2015, 01:16:36 PM »

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for details as to exactly how much public money is being spent on his 'Capital Planning Committee' vanity project.
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« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2015, 01:41:56 PM »

To ask the Prime Minister why neither he nor any other member of his government has yet to present a programme of government to this House despite being instructed to do so by the President? I imagine that it must be highly embarrassing to be faced with this question twice, but then that's what this government is: an embarrassment.

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« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2015, 01:42:08 PM »

To the honourable member from the Socialist Party; at the moment, the Committee is holding meetings in my living room. The only expenses are coffee, tea, and biscuits, which have added up to $18 so far.
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« Reply #41 on: September 08, 2015, 01:43:04 PM »

Mr. Speaker, if I can interject, I assume the honorable member is aware that the house is currently voting on confidence in our policy agenda and has in fact just passed an absolute majority in support. His question is thus perplexing. It is rather embarrassing that an elected MP and a prominent private citizen both apparently missed this.

I also must confess that I find this talk of jokes ironic considering his party's leader, who does not even have a seat in the house, is reduced to snipping at our heels in the various public office threads while their deposed premier languishes in inactivity.
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« Reply #42 on: September 08, 2015, 02:14:39 PM »

My view is that a list of platitudes is really not the same as a clear programme of government and that the lack of the latter is really quite quite scandalous.
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« Reply #43 on: September 08, 2015, 10:58:41 PM »
« Edited: September 09, 2015, 11:58:06 AM by The Prime Minister »

To ask the Prime Minister why neither he nor any other member of his government has yet to present a programme of government to this House despite being instructed to do so by the President? I imagine that it must be highly embarrassing to be faced with this question twice, but then that's what this government is: an embarrassment.

Mr. Speaker,

Allow me to highlight a very important set of contrasts.

This Government has clearly defined our goals and divided the responsibilities to meet those goals. As a result, we passed a Constitution in a week without the need for nonsense legalism. We've successfully tread the third way between an enumeration of rights and an entirely Parliamentary system.

We have rescued hostages from socialist terrorists, to an ominously unsurprising muted response from the opposition. How uncomfortable it must be for the Socialist Party's ideology to be caught in the company of narcotic peddlers, human traffickers, murderers, and terrorists.

Our vision now turns toward strengthening the foundations of our nation. The Tory-Liberal Government has a vision of a free and fair South America.

From what station do the gentlemen and his fellow socialists attack the people's government? The Socialist Party is plagued with leadership conflict, mired in inactivity, and awkwardly attempting to legitimate their party leader with a constitutional amendment before the ink is dry.

The scandal of South American politics lies not with its strong Government, but with its circus-like opposition which receives its moral guidance and governing vision from the black desolation of Atlasian socialism.
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« Reply #44 on: September 09, 2015, 10:52:15 AM »

Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister's comparison of the Loyal Opposition is clearly a gross breach of parliamentary etiquette and I demand that he be called on to withdraw his unparliamentary remarks and perhaps be formally censured.
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« Reply #45 on: September 09, 2015, 11:00:32 AM »

I do agree that the statement "How uncomfortable it must be for the gentleman's ideology to be caught in the company of narcotic peddlers, human traffickers, murderers, and terrorists" pushes the boundaries of what is parliamentary language and I do request for the Prime Minister to either withdraw that statement or to rephrase it in such a way as to remove the un-parliamentary insinuation.

I further note that a censure motion can only be moved by Members and not by the Speaker, as I am sure the Honorable Member is aware.
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« Reply #46 on: September 09, 2015, 12:17:35 PM »

Mr Speaker, I thought I would raise the possibility before acting on it. I will first wait to see if the Prime Minister apologises for his boorish conduct.
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« Reply #47 on: September 09, 2015, 12:35:36 PM »

The Member is certainly within his rights to suggest such a course of action.  As a matter of course, I do remind Members that the Speaker does have the ability to suspend Members from the House for a period of twelve hours, which is of course distinctly different from any form of censure motion.
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« Reply #48 on: September 09, 2015, 05:18:28 PM »

I note that the Prime Minister has rephrased his remarks.
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« Reply #49 on: September 15, 2015, 11:14:11 PM »

To ask the Prime Minister why members of his cabinet are openly giving their support to an Atlasian presidential candidate who openly supports imperialist annexation of Canada, Mexico, and Central America. For all of this government's lamenting and obsessing over diplomatic relations with Atlasia, one would think they would at least have a coherent position on that.
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