» BREAKING: Labour Act will be voted next Monday
» After a month of discussions, the Government finally settled a date for the matter
Leonard Spencer (@leospencer)
May 27, 2019 | Castelby
Speaker Richard Barrow explaining his decision to the Royal Assembly
today.
The month of May was busy for Vincent Lloyd and his allies in the Royal Assembly. Although the belief of many specialists and political analysts that the draft could be already approved in May and the fast progress of the proposal through the Royal Assembly's Parliamentary Committee of Economy, Work and Business, the Conservative Party and the Albish Nationalist League demanded more votes as possible to achieve the safe passage of the law in the general vote. However, with the entire opposition being against the project, the only solution that was seen by Lloyd and Barrow was to start talks with the Liberal Party and its leader Suzan Collins. According to Assembly Members and journalists, the first meetings between Lloyd and Collins occurred on May 14, while the first meeting known by the public happened two days later. It's not known what was said in these encounters but after two weeks of expectations in both sides, the Liberal Party, through a dispatch, announced its support to the law, making possible that the draft would be voted next Monday. The main reason for these divergencies between the two parties is due to the visit made by Lloyd in April to Erbonia, which was opposed by Collins and her supporters.
The views on the Labour Act are generally positive, with many opinions about such coming from Albeinland and outside of it. In the Royal Assembly, the majority of 87 out of the 180 AM's gives to the Government the optimism necessary to continue the reforms, with the entirety of its supporters approving these laws too. Latest surveys show that 54% of the population supports the new Labour Act, while 36% opposes. However, the biggest opponent of the project comes from the Government of Nidwalden and its Prime Minister Charlotte Mann, who stated weeks ago that the Lorecian Community should "continue observing the parliamentary situation in the Kingdom of Albeinland in order to protect the freedom and rights of those unprivileged in our nations [sic]." The commentary was criticized by some sectors of the Albish political class although neither the Albish Government or the Lorecian Assembly gave an official response yet.
If the Labour Act is approved next Monday, the text is sent to the Queen to be given Royal Assent. However, if the draft is rejected by the Royal Assembly, the proposal comes back to the parliamentary committees and then the process is restarted.
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