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pickle@blitzen.canberra.edu.au (Michael Paxton) made us laugh with:

>In a loose interpretation of the original Sanskrit Lubosh wrote: 
>:>I like the cartoon in The Australian yesterday (Monday 29 April 1996) showing 
>:>Paul Keating enacting his departure from politics "with honour".
>:>It reminded me of the discussion last year, and suggestions from the minor 
>:>parties not to allow MPs to resign from the service in the Parliament at will. 
>:>I think the proposal was to make them pay for the cost of the by-election (or 
>:>at least a part of it). Is this still going to happen, or can someone just 
>:>decide a few weeks after being elected that he doesn't really want to serve 
>:>the people who elected him after all ?!?

>That would be an interesting precedent...making an employee pay the cost
>of filling his position should he choose to retire

I disagree.  By standing for office the MP is agreeing to retain the
position until the next election.  By retiring early he is defaulting
on this.  Sounds like a breach of contract to me...

David