On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. Typically
countries with Presidents are republics.
Still, the official term here is President of the Government.
Ah, I see.
Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating
office of
the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real head
of state that you can lay the blame on.
Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a president of
the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.
Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.
On 6/03/2026 9:41 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:.... except that a Prime Minister actually gets to VOTE on a Bill to determine IF it becomes Law or not .... rather then, as I understand it, just SIGNING a PASSED Bill into Law.
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. Typically
countries with Presidents are republics.
Still, the official term here is President of the Government.
Ah, I see.
Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating
office of
the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real
head
of state that you can lay the blame on.
Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are
many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a
president of the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.
Carlos E.R. wrote:
Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
Be careful of what you wish for.
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
Carlos E.R. wrote:
Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
Be careful of what you wish for.
There’s republics and republics. In this country a plausible approach
would be to have a ceremonial president with the same limited
constitutional role that the monarch currently has.
Would a country that elected its heads of state every 5 years, but
referred to them as ‘King’ or ‘Queen’ and put them between a throne and
a crown, be a republic with anomalous terminology and excessive levels
of ceremony, or a monarchy with an unusually democratic succession
process?
On 2026-03-06 23:27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.
Yeah, I'm thinking of someone. :-(
On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 22:16:38 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2026-03-06 23:27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.
Yeah, I'm thinking of someone. :-(
Spain seems to be plotting a very independent course under Sanchez. He
was one of the first to criticize Israel’s disproportionate response
in Gaza, and now he’s refusing to go along with Trump’s attacks on
Iran.
On 2026-03-07 10:32, Daniel70 wrote:
On 6/03/2026 9:41 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:.... except that a Prime Minister actually gets to VOTE on a Bill
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro
wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not
“President”. Typically countries with Presidents are
republics.
Still, the official term here is President of the
Government.
Ah, I see.
Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister
of Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a
rotating office of the Federal Council and has no special
power. They don't have a real head of state that you can lay
the blame on.
Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there
are many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have
a president of the government, whose role is similar to a prime
minister.
to determine IF it becomes Law or not .... rather then, as I
understand it, just SIGNING a PASSED Bill into Law.
Similar to our president of the government here.
He can sign a decree, but after some time (a month?) it has to be
passed in parliament, and it can fail and be removed after of being
used for a month.
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