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Bill: Enhanced Military Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Marxist-Leninist Happiness 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: May 2454
Description[?]:
| The army shall be made up of the people. The people shall enforce the laws of the nation. Those who oppose the people's army shall suffer the consequences. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Proposed: Surrendering enemy combatants are summarily executed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:12:13, September 11, 2007 CET | From |  Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Enhanced Military Act |
| Message | ICE could, perhaps, support Article I by itself. As to Article II, we will accept no mandatory service. We disagree with both your proposed Article III and the current prisoner of war treatment. |
| Date | 03:24:56, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Justice League of Cildania | To | Debating the Enhanced Military Act |
| Message | Historically it has always gone better for governments that make a clear split between domestic police and military. Military with the power to police tend to view the populace as enemy combatants, and the policed stated tends to devolve into an occupied state. The JLC opposes all three. |
| Date | 03:29:04, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Enhanced Military Act |
| Message | Given the nature of the few things that are still illegal in our society, might it not make sense to view criminals as enemy combatants? We have little left to police, beyond rapists, murderers, and thieves. |
| Date | 04:24:06, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Action | To | Debating the Enhanced Military Act |
| Message | There must be a line between the Civilian and Military police. The Military Exists to destroy the enemies of the people of the Nation. The Police exists to protect the people from those who wish them harm. If the two are combined the risk of the military seeing the people as the enemy runs to grave. |
| Date | 06:13:04, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Enhanced Military Act |
| Message | Rapists. Murderers. Thieves. Now that we have the Looters and the Moochers under control, what greater enemies are left to "the people of the Nation"? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 47 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 265 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 113 |
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