This week, Asgardia’s parliament moves closer to passing key legislation and setting precedence as the most organized parliamentary systems in the world, working at every level of parliament. It also brought back Head of Administration of the Head of Nation Lena De Winne to attending the weekly meeting which ...
This week, Asgardia’s parliament moves closer to passing key legislation and setting precedence as the most organized parliamentary systems in the world, working at every level of parliament. It also brought back Head of Administration of the Head of Nation Lena De Winne to attending the weekly meeting which ensures a closer relationship between parliament and the administration of Asgardia.
Chairman Parliament Lembit Öpik reported the results from the all-day leadership meeting in Dubai on Aquarius 24 / January 24 that he attended with Asgardia’s Head of Nation, Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli, and Lena De Winne. At the meeting, the Head of Nation was presented with all current pieces of legislation as well as the agenda for the upcoming digital sitting of parliament that will be held Aries 3 - 5, 0004 / February 28 - March 1, 2020. After review and discussion, Dr. Ashurbeyli expressed his support and appreciation of the work being conducted by the members of parliament.
The Chairman conducted a brief review of the timetable of the upcoming parliamentary digital sitting. The parliamentary coordination team was also reported to be working on adding a Turkish language translation channel to the formal meetings of parliament being held on the Zoom platform. The plan is to eventually have all 12 languages of Asgardia available to provide greater accessibility to all parliamentarians during the meetings.
It was formally reported the resignations of two members of parliament, Helena Aramendia, and Sergei Sergieiev. AMPs expressed their disappointment at losing two dedicated and valuable members of parliament but wished them well in their future endeavors. The contributions they made to the building of our nation will forever be appreciated and be a valuable part of the foundations of Asgardia.
The MPs discussed the freedom of speech and the exchange of opinions in Asgardia. All participants of the discussion agreed that this is one of the core values of Asgardia that everyone has the right to exercise. They also addressed how to further improve routines of collaboration between the independent branches of power within Asgardia.
MP Salvos Mouzakitis talked about licensing Asgardia trademarked symbols and name and how it might work. He and MP Ben Dell are working on a proposal with Ben Dell that they are hoping to have completed the next digital sitting.