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Bill: Miscellaneous Reforms Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Saridan Progressive 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: July 2442
Description[?]:
| The Saridan Libertarian Party supports the proposals included in this bill. |
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 purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
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 reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
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 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: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: Dealing with illegal aliens is left to local governments.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is illegal.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:32:07, August 11, 2007 CET | From |  People's Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Miscellaneous Reforms Act |
| Message | I support all but article 5. There has to be a compromise between state owned and industry owned. If there is one, I will give you my full support. |
| Date | 02:31:53, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Saridan Progressive Party | To | Debating the Miscellaneous Reforms Act |
| Message | Changed article 5 to private with government subsidy. How does that option sound? |
| Date | 02:34:44, August 11, 2007 CET | From | People's Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Miscellaneous Reforms Act |
| Message | I'll endorse it. |
| Date | 11:24:01, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Democratization Initiative | To | Debating the Miscellaneous Reforms Act |
| Message | Article 5 is also an issue for me, but with all the other articles being so agreeable this bill has my support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 128 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 158 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 14 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair." - George Burns |