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==List of Incidents by Country== | ==List of Incidents by Country== | ||
==Burgundie== | ==Burgundie== | ||
The Sergeant-at-Arms ([[Burgoignesc language|Burg]]: ''Praeteuer contrelaige'', (PC)) of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Legislative_Branch|Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. ''La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional'', (ACAN))]] is tasked with the maintenance of decorum of the "august and patrician body". The literal translation of ''Praeteuer contrelaige'' is "defender of order against the behavior of the lay-people". The PC is given broad authority to censor and/or punish [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] legislators whose behavior is deemed "unbecoming". Punishments are to be conducted in the public square outside of the parliament building, are to publicly announced/posted a week in advance of their execution, and are to nationally televised. | [[File:BLW_Tipstaves_at_Bedford_Museum.jpg|right|200px]] | ||
The Sergeant-at-Arms ([[Burgoignesc language|Burg]]: ''Praeteuer contrelaige'', (PC)) of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Legislative_Branch|Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. ''La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional'', (ACAN))]] is tasked with the maintenance of decorum of the "august and patrician body". The literal translation of ''Praeteuer contrelaige'' is "defender of order against the behavior of the lay-people". The PC is given broad authority to censor and/or punish [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] legislators whose behavior is deemed "unbecoming". Punishments are to be conducted by the PC in the public square outside of the parliament building, are to be publicly announced/posted a week in advance of their execution, and are to nationally televised. The PC carries a {{wpl|tipstaff}} which they use to exact said punishments and is the symbol of their office. | |||
This puritanical approach is born from the early days of the ACAN after the unification of [[Burgundie]]. Legislative sessions were raucous affairs and little was achieved. In response to the [[Red Interregnum]] ([[1897]]-[[1902]]), a number of reforms regarding government efficiency and anti-corruption were enacted to mitigate similar events occurring in [[Burgundie]]. In [[1901]], ACAN was designated as an "august and patrician body" and the PC was assigned to enforce decorum. Since [[1905]] no events of legislative violence have | This puritanical approach is born from the early days of the ACAN after the unification of [[Burgundie]]. Legislative sessions were raucous affairs and little was achieved. In response to the [[Red Interregnum]] ([[1897]]-[[1902]]), a number of reforms regarding government efficiency and anti-corruption were enacted to mitigate similar events occurring in [[Burgundie]]. In [[1901]], ACAN was designated as an "august and patrician body" and the PC was assigned to enforce decorum. Since [[1905]] no events of legislative violence have occurred. | ||
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