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Bill: Military and Defence Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Revolutionary Front
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 2430
Description[?]:
| A bill to modify the nation's defence policies. |
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 government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:18:05, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Military and Defence Act |
| Message | We will support all the above measures. |
| Date | 13:18:51, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Progrisati Lagaja | To | Debating the Military and Defence Act |
| Message | While we sympathise with the aims of this bill, in practice we find that the current military position is such that a reduction in deterrants might encourage other, less scrupulous neighbors, to invade. Therefore we must insist that we be allowed to defend ourselves in any way necessary. However, we support article 6. |
| Date | 16:51:00, July 17, 2007 CET | From | People's Revolutionary Front | To | Debating the Military and Defence Act |
| Message | Will the Alderdath Progrisi Lagaja support the splitting of the bill into two, allowing said party to express its support for Article 6, whilst also allowing it to express its moral cowardice in regards to Articles 1-5? |
| Date | 19:18:27, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Progrisati Lagaja | To | Debating the Military and Defence Act |
| Message | That would be preferable, thank you. |
| Date | 04:19:59, July 18, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Rabrati Konciralati Erradikati | To | Debating the Military and Defence Act |
| Message | Frightening pacifistic. Article 3 in particular is abhorrent cowardice at its worst! |
| Date | 08:33:49, July 18, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Military and Defence Act |
| Message | Yeah, not spying and/or toppling foreign regimes is total cowardice. Brilliant logic. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 73 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 171 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 95 |
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