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Bill: Sufficient State Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Purity 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: July 2099
Description[?]:
| Recognising that the people call for 'Big government', this provides for their wishes, and ensures their security. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:14:45, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Coalition | To | Debating the Sufficient State Act |
| Message | We reject this. |
| Date | 05:39:50, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Sufficient State Act |
| Message | Article 2 is fine, but the others are unjustifiable infringements on human liberties. Big government is fine, but not government that tortures and kills its people: there is no justice there. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 43 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 59 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow official national flags of real-life nations or flags which are very prominent and recognisable (eg. the flags of the European Union, the United Nations, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union or the Confederate States of America). |
| Random quote: "The state is nothing but an instrument of oppression of one class by another, no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy." - John Smith |