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Bill: Allow affirmative action
Details
Submitted by[?]: National 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: November 2437
Description[?]:
| Bill to allow private institutions, on a voluntary basis, to implement affirmative action in their hiring practices. Currently, the practice is banned outright. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:58:13, August 01, 2007 CET | From |  Liberty Party | To | Debating the Allow affirmative action |
| Message | The state has the power to protect rights. If it is deemed appropriate, the state will exercise force to protect the rights of their citizens. As this so called "positive discrimination" is nothing more then racism, which is tolerated under free will but will not be tolerated in practise, the Liberty Party and the Coalition will fight tooth and claw to keep the current policy. |
| Date | 12:03:21, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Liberals | To | Debating the Allow affirmative action |
| Message | Great job the coalition has done on fighting tooth and nail to keep the current policy. Perhaps you should have a chat with your Government partners eh? The Liberty Party seems a tad "out if the loop" with the way their partners are thinking. |
| Date | 18:46:14, August 01, 2007 CET | From | National Party | To | Debating the Allow affirmative action |
| Message | What about the rights of its citizens to hire the way they choose? Aren't those rights being squashed under the current policy? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 107 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 156 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 120 |
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| Random quote: "The basis of a democratic state is liberty." - Aristotle |