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Bill: Assembling in public groups
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unified 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: January 2455
Description[?]:
| While we dont believe people should be banned from assembling in groups, we do believe that the police should be able to control these groups if it appears they may be dangerous. This could help prevent riots and other such acts and protect innocents from being hurt. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:00:43, September 12, 2007 CET | From |  People's Mujaheddin | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | The people shouldn't fear their government, the government should fear the people. |
| Date | 14:09:40, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | PM, whats gotten into you? Agreeeeee! |
| Date | 16:09:58, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | We support this bill, we do believe in freedom of protest but when protesters start carrying molotovs or rocks or other projectiles then the police should disperse a group before it gets out of hand. |
| Date | 18:37:23, September 12, 2007 CET | From | People's Mujaheddin | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | Why? Are you afraid of the very people you represent? The PM actively encourages the citizens of Al'Badara to carry all kinds of arms and we encourage our supporters to not hesitate to fight us should we not carry their voice. |
| Date | 22:15:39, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | No, rather peaceful civil disobedience works better than an armed insurrection as with peaceful disobedience, you accomplish a lot more and earn much more respect. And I bet the first thing the PM would do if there was an armed rebellion would be to kill everyone, let no counter-revolution happen with your ever dwindling support. |
| Date | 07:39:50, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Unified National Party | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | We agree with AAP. If there was a violent uprise against the government, the governments response i imagine would be to quell the revolution through violence. Than innocents get caught in the crossfire and countless people die. If the people see a problem, they can use their voice rather than their fists. |
| Date | 15:35:15, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Assembling in public groups |
| Message | "If the people see a problem, they can use their voice rather than their fists." Is that what the government would do? This coming from the party that wants stronger military and free-range access to nukes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 124 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 133 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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