Saturday, October 28, 2006
Update on Netherlands story
"Ton," who I don't know but who seems to have a handle on the Dutch situation, points out in comments on my previous posting,
a) The Dutch Parliament's voted 148/150 in favor of the first resolution (structural separation) and 150/150 for the second.
b) In response to my query asking why Parliament *invites* the Dutch government to draft these laws, Ton writes,
a) The Dutch Parliament's voted 148/150 in favor of the first resolution (structural separation) and 150/150 for the second.
b) In response to my query asking why Parliament *invites* the Dutch government to draft these laws, Ton writes,
Invitation is just the polite way of saying 'strongly demanding' and 'instructing'. Both the cabinet as well as the parliament can initiate laws. When parliament does that it tells the government to draft the law, or proposes a draf itself. The former is called 'inviatation' In this case parliament instructed the cabinet to start drafting two laws. If the cabinet ignores it they can do so only at great political cost (including the fall of government) unless they can explain very convincingly why they did so. There is nothing optional about an 'invitation'.
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