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Bill: Peace through openness
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: November 2458
Description[?]:
| A closed society promotes distrust / fear of the outside, and from the outside. Permitting the free flow of people, permits the free flow of ideas and creates a bond between us and the other nations, such that we will have nothing to fear from other nations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting citizenship.
Old value:: Citizenship is gained by passing a qualifying exam.
Current: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Proposed: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after an invasive security check.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: There are quotas based on nationality to determine how many foreigners may reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Current: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Proposed: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:43:56, September 18, 2007 CET | From | Radical Labor Confederation | To | Debating the Peace through openness |
| Message | The Red Panthers will happily support this bill. |
| Date | 04:47:57, September 18, 2007 CET | From | New Conservative Party of Malivia | To | Debating the Peace through openness |
| Message | The NCPM will support this bill, though we do not support Articles 1, 2 or 5, as these are an improvement on Malivia's current, increasingly racist, society. |
| Date | 23:25:54, September 18, 2007 CET | From | National Anti-Communist Front | To | Debating the Peace through openness |
| Message | The M.N.P has worked hard trying to create a society where Malivians can be assured that all people coming into, and immigrating into, Malivia are not criminals, terrorists, or other undesirables. It is the states job to control its populace. If these changes were put into place how could it do so? |
| Date | 01:48:41, September 19, 2007 CET | From | New Conservative Party of Malivia | To | Debating the Peace through openness |
| Message | "It is the states job to control its populace" Wrong, it is the state's job to assist the populace. |
| Date | 01:57:49, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Peace through openness |
| Message | The Militarist Party disagrees with this bill especially with Articles 2, 3, and 5 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 133 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 244 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 223 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity." - Ralph Nader |