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Bill: Practical Defence Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Söhne der Freiheit
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: November 2099
Description[?]:
| Proposed by Senator Metternich of the Catholic Countterevolutionary Union the 15th of December 2097 ===================================================================== THE SENATE of the KINGDOM of LIKATONIA WHEREAS the government of the Kingdom of Likatonia is unable to defend both its people and property from its enemies which possess nuclear, chemical, and biological weaponry RECOGNISING the need for these self-same weapons as a deterrant to the use of such weapons against our own nation EMPOWERS the government to both possess and use nuclear weaponry in any logical circumstances during a state of war, EMPOWERS the government to research into defence technologies against chemical and biological weapons, EMPOWERS the government to use chemical and biological weapons in those cases where either chemical or biological weapons were used against our country in a state of war, COMMISSIONS the government to create shelters for the people to be used in dire need during the state of war. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:34:21, August 19, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Practical Defence Act |
| Message | We of the RLP are in total agreement with this bill. |
| Date | 07:23:45, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Practical Defence Act |
| Message | Article4: can that be a retalitory option like with Chem and Bio weapons? I dont like the idea of us using Nukes first. |
| Date | 09:15:36, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Practical Defence Act |
| Message | I don't like article 4 either...its a little too aggressive for our tastes. However, we support everything else. |
| Date | 12:11:32, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Practical Defence Act |
| Message | We are in support as well, article 4 is necessary, because if we are attacked with nukes, we wouldn't be able to retaliate. Better to keep them as a deterrent, rather than as a show of prowess that we would only use after we had been nuked. However as mentioned earlier our support is moral as we currently have no MP's. |
| Date | 15:40:39, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Practical Defence Act |
| Message | There is a specific proposal in that which says that nukes may be used for defense...i.e. no first use. That is what we were looking for. |
| Date | 21:19:20, August 21, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Practical Defence Act |
| Message | The bill has been amended and is being put to a vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 187 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
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