Stage II of the Southern Economic Plan passed through both the Zhoghov and Senat in an all-day session
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28th December 2017 11:39 PM | Shamiramishen, Denikert
A pleased-looking Ardavast Krjalian, Nakrarar for Trade, Industry and Energy, leaves his Ministry's building shortly after the results were announced.
Photo courtesy of Azgayin Konvents’ia Photography Group.
Today the governing has scored a major victory as its flagship bill, the Stage II of the Southern Economic Plan Act, passed through both the Zhoghov and Senat in a special all-day session called by the Speakers of both Houses to ensure that the act was passed promptly and without any of the delays that have prevented its passing historically.
The Act passed with a majority of 333-222 in the Zhoghov and 61-44 in the Senat.
Notably, there were rebellions among the coalition's ranks within both houses of the legislative; in the Zhoghov, 46 members of the DRP (Democratic Republican Party) and 3 members of the MDP (Millenium Democratic Party) voted against the Bill, while in the Senat 5 members of the DRP (Democratic Republican Party) and 2 members of the MDP (Millenium Democratic Party) also voted against it. The recently fired Ador Galinyan is known to have been a silent critic of the Bill, calling for a fully redone plan instead of an update of the original. Ela Valiani and Aram Kellejian, the current Nakrarars for Law and Land and Marine Transportation respectively prevented the government of Eli Arcahas from passing the Act through the Senat in 2000 by rebelling against the party line, although neither has overtly indicated any opposition to the current Act.
Although these rebels did not prevent the passing of the Act, they seem to be an initial symptom of wide inter-party divides within some members of the governing coalition. Whether these divides are widened further or not remains to be seen, but even if the known rebels do break away, as has been done before, then the current coalition still retains a majority in both houses of the legislative albeit one slimmed down to some extent.
Ardavast Krjalian, Nakrarar for Trade, Industry and Energy, dismissed any worries about a split within the party. 'We've always been a broad church political party with relatively lax enforcement of the party line; we split from the Democratic Party due to the rigid enforcement of the party line, with many candidates being de-listed from elections over perceived rebellions. There is zero chance of a split happening, and even if one did, I highly doubt it will be anywhere near as damaging as that which happened to the Democratic Party.'
The Arrajin Hyupatos, rather than issuing a separate statement on the matter, stated that he 'fully endorsed Mr Krjalian's statement' and that 'if there is a split, it is because the splitters chose to do so, not because we forced their hand.'
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