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Bill: Restoration of Democracy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Workers 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: June 2462
Description[?]:
| The Workers Party proposes the revocation of the recently imposed anti-democratic legislation. Sen. Ersebet Piantella - Leader, Workers Party |
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: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:19:36, September 26, 2007 CET | From |  New World Order Party | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | sure... not. watch out! the workers party might just break this down to separate articles and steal all your ideas. re-introduce them separately for better chances. |
| Date | 21:20:12, September 26, 2007 CET | From | New World Order Party | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | ohh wait... you know all about that. |
| Date | 22:42:42, September 26, 2007 CET | From | New Centre and Unionists | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | Was their a purpose to the incoherent babblings of the NWO? -Mme.Elodie Western-Parker; Party Leader. |
| Date | 23:15:52, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Workers Party | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | OOC: This is a game, buddy. In a game, when you make a wrong move, your opponent may make the right one, and win. As long as it does not violate the rules. |
| Date | 05:40:06, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | Articles 1, 3 and 5 are supported. The bill in its current state will not be supported by the Liberal Party, present these seperately however and we will support. Heath Baines, Senate Warden |
| Date | 06:22:47, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Workers Party | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | All right... we have withdrawn articles 2, 4, and 6. We hope now this bill can get the support of a Senate majority. Sen. Ersebet Piantella - Leader, Workers Party |
| Date | 08:29:21, September 27, 2007 CET | From | New Centre and Unionists | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | The MCM is highly Pro-Intelligence, We therfore cannot value this entire legislation as long as Article 2 is in existance. -Mme.Anna Rochelle- Deputy Party Leader. |
| Date | 17:08:28, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Labour Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Restoration of Democracy |
| Message | I am sorry but we cannot back this on the grounds that we don't agree with Article 2. Alistair Marriot, Labour Party Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 150 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 275 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
| Random quote: "A democracy that does not allow limits is not a democracy. Just as a limitless freedom is not freedom, but prevarication. Indeed, any theory of freedom worthy of this name is first of all a limit theory. If we extend the unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not willing to defend a tolerant society against the attacks of the intolerants, then the tolerants will be destroyed and the tolerance with them! Because, I ask to myself and ask you, given a certain system that we call democratic, which is today the best possible system to allow everyone to live freely and to be able to express their own thoughts, how can the same system admit attacks against its integrity? How can a system refuse the principle of the self-preservation? For this reason, to suppress the apologetics of thalerrism, it's for this reason that the exaltation of exegetes, principles, facts or methods of Thallerism and its anti-democratic aims does not constitute a violation of the freedom of manifestation of thought, but, on the contrary, the celebration of that freedom. The protection of the first premise on which a modern democratic system is based. And this premise must be safeguarded also and above all against itself and its abuses." ~ Malik Astori, Leadership of Liberty and Progress (Istalia) |