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Bill: Popular Defence Reform Act 2401
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Populist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2401
Description[?]:
| The people have elected us, knowing full well that only we can protect them from the terrors that lie outside our borders! Other countries are filled with terrorists and enemies that wish to destroy us and/or force us to speak foreign languages! As outlined in our prior published manifesto, "Giving The Public What They Want Good and Hard", we hereby take the tough stance on terrorism and enemies of the state: any terrorists entering our borders will be destroyed, repeatedly, with nuclear weapons if neccesary. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:42:00, May 08, 2007 CET | From |  People's Populist Party | To | Debating the Popular Defence Reform Act 2401 |
| Message | In other news, public concern that such policies could lead to "increased risk of vapourisation" to our border-dwelling citizens, was swiftly brushed aside with the promises of tax cuts. |
| Date | 18:58:37, May 08, 2007 CET | From | Union of Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Popular Defence Reform Act 2401 |
| Message | If articles 2 and 3 were changed to the 'in retalitation' option, and the PoW one was left as it currently is, I'd support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 53 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 47 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow official national flags of real-life nations or flags which are very prominent and recognisable (eg. the flags of the European Union, the United Nations, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union or the Confederate States of America). |
| Random quote: "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair." - George Burns |