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Bill: Military Regulation Bill (Jul 2403)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free People's Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: March 2404
Description[?]:
| If we want an efficient military machine, we must purge from it all elements which go against our commitment to the Indralan peoples. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence, but there is no requirement for shelters to be open to the public.
Current: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Proposed: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 4
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 are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:04:11, May 13, 2007 CET | From | Republican People's Party | To | Debating the Military Regulation Bill (Jul 2403) |
| Message | Article 2 is unacceptable so this will be a no vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 161 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 429 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 159 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." - Albert Einstein |