Jacobs cabinet (Pinang)

Jacobs cabinet
Jacobs cabinet
2024
Date formed	27 October 2024
People and organisations
President	Tobey Wyles
Prime Minister	Thomas Jacobs
Member party	PRL 4 / 12 (33%) ; Vision 2 / 12 (17%) ; PGP 1 / 12 (8%) ; Labour 1 / 12 (8%)
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	CUP 3 / 12 (25%)
Opposition leader	Roy Jackson
History
Predecessor	Martinez Cabinet
Successor	Incumbent

The Jacobs Cabinet is the current cabinet formed under the premiership of Thomas Jacobs which was formed on 27 October 2024.

History

Formation

The Jacobs cabinet has been formed on 27 October 2024, following the resignation of Ayane Martinez. The cabinet includes the political forces which formed the Martinez Cabinet and the Labour Party. The Prime Minister presented the Government Program a week after his appointment and he has been criticised by the backbencher politician Dinesh Rajagopalan and the Speaker and Leader of Vision Jewele Olsen for not consulting the Executive Council before presenting it. Later, the Prime Minister apologised for the behaviour, stating he should have consulted the Executive Council and that he had to present it per constitution to avoid the trigger of an automatic motion of confidence against his government, which would make the government appear unprepared to the parliament.^[1]

Investiture vote

The program obtained 8 sì (ayes) and 3 boh (abstained). Two of the three Conservative MPs abstained, while their leader voted sì. A MP for PRL abstained.

Ballot →		6-7 November 2024
Investiture Thomas Jacobs (PRL)
Required majority →		7 out of 12
	Yes • PRL (3) • Vision (1) • Labour (1) • PGP (1) • CUP (1) • Independent (1)	8 / 12
	Abstensions/Non-voting • CUP (2) • PRL (1) • Speaker (Vision) (1) ^[2]	4 / 12

Motion of No Confidence

On 15 November 2024, the Conservative Unity Party moved a Motion of No Confidence towards the Prime Minister Thomas Jacobs. The motion was supported by Vision and the leader of Vision published an article on The Republic explaining the reasons of the support for the conservative motion. Olsen argued that that the lack of activity, and organisation, for example the failure to consult the executive before posting the government agenda, convinced the party to vote for it. The Motion of No Confidence failed as it received six no, four sì and two abstentions. All conservatives voted for the motion, while only one Visionist MP out of two voted for it.

Ballot →		15 November 2024
Motion of No Confidence Thomas Jacobs (PRL)
Required majority →		7 out of 12
	No • PRL (3) • Vision (1) • Labour (1) • Independent (1)	8 / 12
	Yes • CUP (3) • Vision (1)	4 / 12
	Abstensions/Non-voting • PRL (1) • PGP (1)	2 / 12

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Prime Minister	Thomas Jacobs	27 October 2024	Incumbent	PRL
Deputy Prime Minister	Rafaela Luiz	27 October 2024	Incumbent	PGP
Minister of Federal Affairs	Mišo	27 October 2024	Incumbent	PRL
Minister of Culture	Rafe Hargreaves	27 October 2024	Incumbent	Labour
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Connor Hetner	27 October 2024	Incumbent	PRL
Minister of Defence	Jewele Olsen	27 October 2024	Incumbent	Vision

Policy

After his appointment, the Prime Minister Jacobs states his priorities would be organising a referendum for the dissolution of Larvotto and reducing the parliamentary seats to 10.

References and notes

References

↑ The Pinangese constitution states that if the government does not submit their programme to the Parliament in seven days, the speaker must trigger a motion of confidence.
↑ Non-voting

Notes

[1] The Pinangese constitution states that if the government does not submit their programme to the Parliament in seven days, the speaker must trigger a motion of confidence.

[2] Non-voting

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