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Bill: Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Social Democrats

Status^[?]: passed

Votes: This bill proposes for the ratification of a treaty. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor^[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: July 2377

Description^[?]:

This bill asks for the ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone. If this treaty is ratified, it becomes binding and will define national law.

Proposals

Article 1

Ratify the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone.

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date	16:35:05, March 15, 2007 CET
From	Social Democrats
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	Our belief as internationalists is that we have to encourage all kinds of international cooperation. In particular we must strive for better economy in the wider region. We propose that a free trade zone is ratified here with our neighbouring countries. This will not only be positive for our economy, but will also act as a safeguard against possible future conflicts.

Date	01:24:03, March 16, 2007 CET
From	Communist Party of Aldegar
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We belive strongly in internationalism, but free trade does not help it, it hinders it, making the world economically unequal.

Date	02:05:08, March 16, 2007 CET
From	Aldegar Freedom Party
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	The TCP strongly supports this bill and will undoubtably vote in favor of it.

Date	10:31:37, March 16, 2007 CET
From	S.C.A.F.R.
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We are not agree. We can vote a militaistic alliance, but not a treaty that want to regulate our commerce.

Date	13:27:42, March 16, 2007 CET
From	Greenpeace Party
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We believe that the commerce must follow the values of the country. We believe that the profit cannot be the main aim but the collective improvement of the quality of the life. The free market is free solo from the rules, and it does not guarantee collective development. We are contrary to the adhesion to this treaty.

Date	14:35:33, March 16, 2007 CET
From	Social Democrats
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	Our motivation is that we should encourage our commerce to become global. We must see this as a way for our top companies to approach a wider market for bigger profit which means more money for our government. We furthermore believe that this is actually deregulation - it abolishes the ban on imports and exports. It will only boost our economy.

Date	17:22:17, March 16, 2007 CET
From	Independent Right
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We can never sacrifice our economic independence by restraining it with treaties. We're inclined to oppose this treaty, at this time, at least.

Date	08:08:00, March 18, 2007 CET
From	Party of Moderates
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	The Party of Moderates is opposed to this bill. Even though it is mainly just a resolution, that resolution is dangerous and conflicting with our view. We believe in the right of tariffs to protect our home industries. We also don't believe in restricting our economy with treaties, at least for the time being. As for its article where it makes its demand, we can achieve that without signing the treaty.

Date	21:02:26, March 18, 2007 CET
From	Party of Moderates
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We may now support the treaty if the following question is answered. Since the only required policy change the treaty has countries who join it do has nothing to do with free trade, how does it ensure free trade? Are treaties special parts of the game? Do they do things that aren't simply reflected in policies? If that's true, my attack on the treaty was more due to naivete of the game rather than dislike of the treaty.

Date	09:42:19, March 19, 2007 CET
From	Social Democrats
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	OOC: treaties are not important enough in the game model, but the game greatly counts on roleplaying and they have value there.

Date	05:02:10, March 20, 2007 CET
From	Party of Moderates
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We'll support this bill. Since this seems to have pretty strong support, we advise the TCP to put this up for a vote.

Date	09:44:43, March 20, 2007 CET
From	Social Democrats
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We will proceed to a vote for the first time to see if we can find 2/3 support. If not, we will wait for a better time in the future.

Date	16:59:27, March 20, 2007 CET
From	Left Libertarian Party
To	Debating the Ratification of the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone
Message	We are willing to support this, as it will do more good than harm.

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Voting

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Seats

yes

Total Seats: 467

Total Seats: 183

abstain

Total Seats: 0

Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play".

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