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Bill: New Prisoner of War Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Lodamun
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: August 2419
Description[?]:
| This would allow us to hold ourselves to a better standard than the international community as well as not tie out hands by pandering to others. In short, this puts us in charge of ourselves, to act as we see fit. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:57:21, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | We can agree to this. |
| Date | 04:14:32, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | We can't support this at all. What if Lodamun soldiers become POWs in a hostile, torturous nation? Then it will be legal for them to be brutally tortured. |
| Date | 04:37:11, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Free Lodamun | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | This is OUR law, not international law. If some rogue nation takes our people captive, they will hurt them regardless of what our policy is. Look at both the vietnam and korean wars. Regardless of American policy, our people were tortured and killed. We can't say what other nations will do, but it is important that we adopt a policy that doesn't bind our hands to placate international sentiment, which could change. |
| Date | 05:07:47, June 24, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | The vast majority of Terran nations treat prisoners of war according to international standards. Who exactly do we plan on going to war with? If we were in a conflict with a rogue state, I'd be happy to change the law, however there is no proof that any of our soldiers are being tortured namely because none are captive. |
| Date | 17:17:36, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | I'm against this proposal. Besides, international POW treatment standards should be good enough. |
| Date | 02:26:12, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | We are all for this change, we should be able to govern ourselves. Also what if 'internationally accepted' standards prevent us getting vital information. What if the standards are that prisoners are released as soon as they are taken prisoner? We feel that we should govern our own rules and not let outside politics influence our policy. |
| Date | 12:14:24, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | I change stance. |
| Date | 17:47:28, June 25, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the New Prisoner of War Act |
| Message | We think "internationally-accepted standards" are sufficient, and extremely unlikely to include the immediate release of all prisoners. We wouldn't want other nations to have to abide by only their laws, which might include torture. We should set the precedent. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 276 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 284 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 39 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry." - Winston Churchill |