Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Should have been? Who knows.
He wasn't obligated to do so by any rule, law or Constitutional precept that I'm aware of.
Martin's actions certainly deepened the Constitutional crisis, but as far as I'm concerned business was conducted legally all around.
Should have been? Who knows.
He wasn't obligated to do so by any rule, law or Constitutional precept that I'm aware of.
Martin's actions certainly deepened the Constitutional crisis, but as far as I'm concerned business was conducted legally all around.
When the government loses an iffy confidence vote (not the throne speech or the budget) and the opposition claims nonconfidence, they are obliged to bring forth their own clear motion of confidence, promptly, so that the nation and its government can resume normal business or have an election.
Martin refused that convention. We thus had an illegitimate government clinging to power for a matter of days. These are the sorts of things that can tank a currency.
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