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Bill: Protecting civil liberties
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party for Equality
Status[?]: passed
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 2096
Description[?]:
| While we appreciate the need for security in this country, we feel that we should not allow this to compromise the rights of our citizens. No protest group should be able to be removed unless they are actually commit acts of violence, in which case they will be arrested under normal law. Giving the police power to disperse assemblies allows corrupt discrimination against groups who are political opponents of the government. Neither should people be tracked or spied on without the permission of the courts. Our people have right to privacy of communication that should only be broken when it can be proved that they are likely to be abusing this right. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Right to privacy.
Old value:: The government has the right to monitor information of individuals without letting them know.
Current: Individuals have a right to privacy, to keep records and information for themselves.
Proposed: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:58:05, August 14, 2005 CET | From | Citizens Voice | To | Debating the Protecting civil liberties |
| Message | A definite "YES" from Citizens Voice ! |
| Date | 07:52:06, August 15, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Protecting civil liberties |
| Message | The government retains the right to disperse gatherings forcibly with probable cause. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 113 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 73 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 24 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Anarchy is the true nature of all things. Monarchy, democracy, communism, all useless forms to control the human mind. But a mind cannot be controlled. It cannot be restrained. It has no boundaries. It has its will. Anarchy is the true nature of all things." - Alex Battig |