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Prepoll discussion on a reform of impeachment.
Honourable Senators,
Most of us are now convinced that sanctioning President and Ministers for wrongdoings by impeachment is not adapted to a one month term. But a longer term has already been rejected for quite reasonable reasons. Other forms of punishment, such as forbidding new candidacies, are considered as hurting more the community than punishing the culprits. The only way still opened is to be less radical and more realist.
This is a proposal to adapt our Constitution to the above remarks:
1. The impeachment applies only to the judges.
2. The citizens can still raise a case against a President or a Minister in the frame of ordinary laws for personal detriment resulting from their action in official duties.
3. The Senate has power to decide, not the removal, but the suspension from office for moderate but immediate measures of conservation, according to the following scale :
- suspension for one turnchat (all other powers unchanged)
- suspension of all powers (including turnchat if any) for 3 days
- suspension of all powers (including turchats) for one week
During the suspension, the President duties are performed by the VP
The first two points require an amendment.
The third could be seen as a simple adaptation of the powers granted to the Senate for controlling the Cabinet.
Honourable Senators,
Most of us are now convinced that sanctioning President and Ministers for wrongdoings by impeachment is not adapted to a one month term. But a longer term has already been rejected for quite reasonable reasons. Other forms of punishment, such as forbidding new candidacies, are considered as hurting more the community than punishing the culprits. The only way still opened is to be less radical and more realist.
This is a proposal to adapt our Constitution to the above remarks:
1. The impeachment applies only to the judges.
2. The citizens can still raise a case against a President or a Minister in the frame of ordinary laws for personal detriment resulting from their action in official duties.
3. The Senate has power to decide, not the removal, but the suspension from office for moderate but immediate measures of conservation, according to the following scale :
- suspension for one turnchat (all other powers unchanged)
- suspension of all powers (including turnchat if any) for 3 days
- suspension of all powers (including turchats) for one week
During the suspension, the President duties are performed by the VP
The first two points require an amendment.
The third could be seen as a simple adaptation of the powers granted to the Senate for controlling the Cabinet.
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