Indo-China Act Failing

With less than a day to go the Tománn Indo-China Act is inexplicably failing. The act defines four main points to do with Talamthom's colony in an area of southern Tibet being leased from the Chinese Soviet Republic. These four points relate to Tománnach sovereignty, style of governance, the role of the Governor and the aims of their colonialism. Also included in the bill's appendices were The Treaty of Lhasa, which is the treaty which was signed by the President which gives Talamthom sovereignty over the region, and also the Constitution of the Tibetan Cultural Association, a document which outlines the intentions of the Tománnach cultural mission in Tibet.

When the bill was first submitted to the Dáil by the President it received support from all the ministers that looked at it. These ministers were Mark Prendergast (DLP at-large), Alex Garine (LPT at-large) and Vindrus York (NFP at-large). It is not quite understood then that following the initiation of a vote on the bill by the Speaker of the Dáil that the bill is destined to fall short of the 'threshold' required for it to pass.

It would appear that a DLP member has voted in favour of it and a member of the CPT has voted against it along with the Labour leader. Garine's initial response to the bill was to say:

"I will vote for the bill on two conditions; Firstly we pass the rules proposal first. I don't want to be voting in chaos all term and secondly the president makes a habit of sending all treaties to the Dáil for assent."

It would seem with that despite the rules being passed and the President stating that all treaties would pass before the Dáil it is still not enough for Garine. Garine hasn't registered any complaint saying why he might have a problem with the bill, so it is assumed that his vote is in protest to some other event in Talamthom. The CPT didn't even get involved in the debate on the Act so there is no reason understood for their decision to oppose the bill.

It is also most likely that the NFP leader Vindrus York has voted to 'abstain'. It is noted that York has abstained in another recent vote, most likely as a result of his discontent at seeing his National Unity Act fail. It all quite strange, especially considering York's initial response to the Tománn Indo-China Act being:

"I support this TIC Act because it is the right thing to do for my constituents and our nation. The opportunity for Talamthom to acquire territories and colonies will pay off greatly for our society (culturally, financially, businesses). Talamthom is in the forefront in promoting democracy and human rights around the world. Our great nation has a history of reaching out to many nations"

It is only hoped that the vote will end in a stalemate and a continued debate ordered. This way we might understand the reasons behind the problems people appear to have, that they haven't seen fit to share with us as yet.