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Bill: Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2468
Description[?]:
| An act to give greater ability to the military to act together with the police. |
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: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place, backed up by the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:45:18, October 08, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | We have not been to war with any other nation for many years, and nor has there been anything in the way of threats to our sovereignty in recent times. Indeed, this is a time of peace. And yet, it is certainly imperative that we maintain a military for defensive purposes, this much is indisputable. This military must be available to protect our nation at a moment's notice. During this time of peace, our military is not being put to use, in a way that it could. We therefore propose that, in an effort to increase our police force, the military be used to assist. This has an added advantage of allowing our soldiers to keep in training. This is a win-win situation. |
| Date | 17:15:16, October 08, 2007 CET | From | Free People's Movement | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | Our first impulse is to agree. |
| Date | 17:05:36, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Tuatha Dé Danann | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | Support |
| Date | 20:02:12, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | I don't see how the military can work together with the police? Both of them go some what through different teaching and both of them do different stuff. Military should only be called in for serious emergencies that the police cannot handle. The military can use it's free time to do something else productive. It just won't work, for instance what will the military help with? |
| Date | 21:24:28, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Free People's Movement | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | Organized crime? |
| Date | 21:39:23, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | This makes way to becoming a police state.. |
| Date | 22:08:00, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | Military got other things to take care of than putting themselves into police work. Police was created for this, and military for defending country. Military should only be used in case of emergencies such as uncontrollable riots, or some high-risk operation, or anything similar that requires military. |
| Date | 00:38:17, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | In today's world, very little of the role of the military is warfare. For the large part, they do peacekeeping work in foreign countries, and all soldiers must be trained in this. This is very similar to domestic police work. |
| Date | 02:26:15, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Tukarali | To | Debating the Military (Police Functions) Amendment Act |
| Message | The military has no role in policing our people. They should be solely used for defense against attacks. We agree with the GLDS that this would move us closer to a police state. Therefore, we vote 'no' to this proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 260 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 168 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 71 |
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