Posted by Dag T. Hoelseth
on 23/10/2009, 11:15:00, in reply to "Re: Swedish Model"
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: Henri, imagine a scenario like this: the
: present Second and First Chamber will vote
: for a change in the Constitution. In a year
: there will be an election for the Second
: Chamber.
: After the election, the Second Chamber will
: vote again. After long debates of course, it
: is the Dutch parliament after all. The
: Second Chamber agrees. Then we wait until
: the First Chamber is re-elected, this will
: be in 2011. After the Representatives of the
: provinces have chosen the First Chamber, the
: First Chamber will decide upon it.
:
: The law can state clearly in one of the
: articles that the law will only come into
: effect on the day that the present monarch,
: Queen Beatrix, will abdicate and her heir
: will ascend the throne.
:
: The Queen has to sign the law and the moment
: the Prince of Oranje becomes King, he will
: be a King without any political role.
:
: PS Believe me, it can be done, I wrote a
: paper about it for my class Constitutional
: Law a couple of years ago (2007 it was)
: about this scenario. I got a 8,5 for the
: paper from a well-known specialist in
: Constitutional Law. He wrote one remark on
: the front sheet next to my grade: "I
: know one person who will dread this
: scenario".
:-) I only wish I could read more Dutch, as your paper sounds very interesting. Ever thought about writing an English version, or at least a summary?
DTH
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