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Bill: The Military Plus
Details
Submitted by[?]: Universal Utopian 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: May 2450
Description[?]:
| The UUP believes that a strong offense is the best defense. That is all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
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 use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Surrendering enemy combatants are summarily executed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:30:23, September 02, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Centrist Party | To | Debating the The Military Plus |
| Message | Omg whats the point of this? one of the worst reform packages the LCP has seen. |
| Date | 18:59:16, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Great Trigunia Party | To | Debating the The Military Plus |
| Message | We pray to God that our esteemed friends from the People's Party will oppose this bill. |
| Date | 21:58:14, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Sovereign Jirajist Party | To | Debating the The Military Plus |
| Message | Article 5 is total violation of the basic principles of human rights. The SJP |
| Date | 21:58:38, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Sovereign Jirajist Party | To | Debating the The Military Plus |
| Message | ...cannot support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 14 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 61 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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