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"Senate Poised To Ram Through Historic Constitutional Amendment"HEM
Managing Editor
After a month of deliberation and little consensus on the fate of the executive split, the Senate has made a rapid-fire detour is now just hours away from voting on a historic constitutional amendment that would overhaul the election of the executive branch.
Depending on the exact timing of passage, the bill could potentially have been under discussion for less than 24 hours before being brought to the executive for signature or veto. In comparison, the Senate spent a week deliberating on the ovation of Darcness, and two days deliberating the judicial nomination of Malashaan -- likely one of the most qualified candidates to ever receive such a court appointment.
It appears likely that there are sufficient votes for the change. Constitutional amendments require a 2/3rds absolute majority, and while four Senators voted against re-opening the legislation, Speaker Lloenflys had indicated that he leaned toward supporting the amendment when it comes to a final vote, but is now fully undecided. Senator Deepest House who has led the charge for a reunified executive, is also a potential swing vote. He has said the move to directly elected Chief of State would be a "good change" but opposed re-opening the discussion to "remain focused" on the larger reform conversations.
Other obstacles to passage would involve executive veto. Chief Pichtonia, who was willing to be the thorn in the eye of many Senators by vetoing executive order reform, has told ENN on the record that barring a damning legislative assessment from Attorney General Bowzin, he would not veto the legislation. Sending the legislation to referendum would make it very difficult for the Chancellery to implement changes in advance of the upcoming Chief of State elections.
The motivations around this rushed maneuver are still uncertain, with Chief Pichtonia verifying to ENN that nobody from the Senate reached out to him to lobby him on his decision. It's possible that new polling showing a considerable uptick in skepticism toward a reunified executive (or "executive merge") has instilled urgency in Senators to accomplish something in a truncated timeline.
Only a few Senators have engaged in public threads on this topic -- with criticisms on timeline falling on mostly deaf ears. Senator Peeps has repeatedly urged citizens to "search discord" for answers. But the Discord logs are difficult to parse and little substantive discussion (mostly conversation about wanting to get it done before the election) was found by ENN in a 10 minute search for certain keywords.
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