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Bill: National Defence Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Work-Shy Elements
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: October 2416
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
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 unless another nation uses them first.
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 must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:57:22, June 19, 2007 CET | From | Perez Party | To | Debating the National Defence Act |
| Message | Articles 2 and 4 are redundant. Perez Party has already pushed for such reforms in the Defense Reform bill. |
| Date | 05:01:40, June 19, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Rabrati Konciralati Erradikati | To | Debating the National Defence Act |
| Message | We support Articles 2 and 4. Article 1 limits us too much, Article 3 is too barbaric even for us, and Article 5 is an unwarranted intrusion into free enterprise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 25 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 156 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 78 |
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