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Bill: Mandatory Military Service Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of Moderates
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: April 2429
Description[?]:
| Seeing the recent relative popularity of this among the members of the Grand Council, the Party of Moderates decided to introduce this measure alone. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:20:27, June 06, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar Freedom Party | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | Absolutely. Afterall, it is not as if one term constitutes sending them off to die in war. It is one simple term - many people may not even know if they want to be in the army or not because they have never experienced it. And besides, if our nation was suddenly attacked by surprise, do we really want a nation full of virtually useless people, as opposed to an entire nation of people who have at least had some form of training? One term is not much to ask. |
| Date | 18:38:42, June 09, 2007 CET | From | EAK Party | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | We cannot dictate young people whom upon completion of school to join the army. This will lead to a National depression. What needs to be done here is simple put those serving jail-time on Military training. So this will serve as a rehab and a second chance. Remember our National Anthem, stands for unity!!! |
| Date | 19:40:06, June 09, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | Not really. The people who would do the mandatory military service would only give up a small portion of time, only a couple of months to a year. Would you still be opposed even if the term was defined and short as well as a provision being made for allowing people to join after getting college degrees? |
| Date | 04:59:35, June 10, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar Freedom Party | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | We absolutely agree with the EAK's proposal to put criminals serving jail-time into army training, but all we are asking for in this bill is a simple one term from each individual - look at it as a fantastic life experience, if nothing else. |
| Date | 15:55:00, June 14, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | We can't support this. |
| Date | 16:12:17, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar Reform Party | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | How long is a term? |
| Date | 16:24:46, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Mandatory Military Service Act |
| Message | I imagine it wouldn't be too long. No more than a year is likely. Since no one has raised that issue, it's never been addressed. Everyone has pretty much either accepted the proposal with an implied idea that their idea for the length of the term would be used, or they condemned this proposal unconditionally. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 198 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 383 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 52 |
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