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Bill: Nation Preservation Act 420
Details
Submitted by[?]: Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill presents the formation of a cabinet. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. Traditionally, parties in the proposal vote yes, others (the opposition) vote no. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in and all parties in the proposal have voted yes, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2476
Description[?]:
| OOC: Time for me to get in on this deep role playing, Flesh out my party a bit more. IC: *Beneath PPF flags and banners walks out an average sized bald man. He is bedecked in a black military uniform, his left chest heavy with countless medals. He grabs the podium and leans over, seeming tired. He beings his speech, sounded exhausted and sincere.* "My people. Sons and daughters of Al'Badara. We have become a broken nation. We have seen a rise in threats. We have seen our freedoms slowly eroded away. We have allowed ourselves to become weak and powerless to the foreign powers and their rise in our own nation. The IngSoc are not our brothers. The IngSoc are not domestically grown. They have come from abroad to undermine our nation. Our proud and glorious fatherland has been subjected to threats, inside and out. THIS CAN NOT STAND!" *The man, now standing straight as an arrow, hands in the air, beings to furiously speak. The audience is oddly captivated, the man is not ranting, nor is he simply yelling.* "You people! You are the power in my arm! The life's blood of this great nation! We cannot sit back and allow it to be raped and plundered from domestic and foreign threats! We cannot allow our daughters to fear walking the streets, our sons to fear being sent to civil and foreign wars! I ask little of you. I simply ask for 10 years. Give the Peoples Preservation Front 10 years to rid our nation of the fascist threat. Give us 10 years to rebuild our nation. To rebuild our army. To rebuild our pride! We will reducate those who are a threat to us, to our mothers, to our daughters!" *The man gestures his hands over the other parties representatives and casts a dark glance at the IngSoc.* "WE CAN NOT ALLOW OUR NATION TO WASTE AWAY! We must preserve our freedoms! You must allow me to save our nation! This is not a dictatorship I call for, brothers. This is the purest form of democracy imaginable. You will all be allowed equal voting rights in this new order. You will all mantain voices and freedoms. And in 10 years or when the threat is eliminated, the PPF will disband and never reform! You must allow us to save our nation and it's people. On this day, I call for your help. On this day, I call for the end to oppression. ON THIS DAY, I CALL FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR FREEDOMS!" |
Proposals
Article 1
The responsibilites of Head of Government will be conducted by the 
Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 2
The responsibilites of Science and Technology will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 3
The responsibilites of Food and Agriculture will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 4
The responsibilites of Environment and Tourism will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 5
The responsibilites of Trade and Industry will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 6
The responsibilites of Foreign Affairs will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 7
The responsibilites of Internal Affairs will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 8
The responsibilites of Finance will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 9
The responsibilites of Defence will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 10
The responsibilites of Justice will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 11
The responsibilites of Infrastructure and Transport will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 12
The responsibilites of Health and Social Services will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Article 13
The responsibilites of Education and Culture will be conducted by the Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:47:11, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Kébé Front | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | OOC: I might as well get in a little RP as well. Alexander stood up to the surprise of his comrades. Attention slowly drew to him, the crowd expecting the young leader of the Majtran Democratic Party to speak. He did not speak though. Instead he gave a simple gesture. He claped. Such a simple gesture would usually not be taken so heavily, but it was. Aside from Orang Twes, and Erik Spacko all the representatives of the MDP clapped. Waving a hand to silence the other party members Alexander spoke. "My party has been here for less than a decade, but we have experienced many changes in our country. The reformation of both Democracy Now! and the Progressive Socialist Party. The arrival of IngSoc, and fascism. A division between our ranks and intense hostilities. While these things have happened we along with the rest of the nation have seen Al'Badara fall into ruin. Many fronts have been approached. Center-left alliances. Center-right alliances. Purely center alliances. The restriction of rights for eventual freedom. And the martial law put in place. The MDP has sided with the right so many times we have lost track of all other possibilities." Quite a few in the crowd had stopped paying attention by the time the last line had come about, but this last line had resparked many of their interests. Alexander cleared his throat and continued. "The MDP has decided with a unanimous vote that it shall follow the People's Preservation Front. We have run out of options and this is our nation's last chance! We implore the other parties of our nation to follow our lead. The People's Preservation Front has always tried to help our nation. Although my predeccesors have been blind to the truth I am not. The People's Preservation Front CAN change our nation for the better!" Orang Twes, and Erik Spacko stood up in fury! Alexander looked at them, and appeared as if he had remembered something. "As a final note the MDP has had major leadership change. Orang Twes and Erik Spacko are both expelled from the MDP." Alexander sat down and awaited the othe rparties to respond. Hopefully as he had. |
| Date | 14:48:41, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | *Seeing the vast majority of the Freedom Party and APP looking in disgust and voting no* "My brothers. I understand what I propose is a dangerous idea. It can be corrupted just as easily as our democracy has. But I can give you my word, that so long as the Peoples Preservation Front heads it, it shall not. We shall have freedom for people, freedom for companies, freedom for religions and freedom for trade. We shall double the current GDP and triple the Human Developement Index. We shall rise out of "2nd World" status and skyrocket to global recognition. Al'Badara will no longer be "that Muslim sounding nation", it will be THE nation of international discussion. It will be the role model for all other strong nations. It will regain it's pride! I must deplore you brothers, to vote yes. A vote against this act is a vote to preserve the tainted and broken ways of the past. The IngSoc have destroyed and shattered our nation and are now reforming it into a dangerous fascism. I must deplore you, Freedom Party in your pursuit of economic freedom, and AAP, in your pursuit of a stronger Al'Badara, to vote for this act. I give you my word in 10 years you will not recognize Al'Badara. And in 10 years, the PPF and myself shall forever leave." |
| Date | 19:04:06, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | Would the PPF restore freedom of religion? If so, the UPU will consider supporting an emergency PPF cabinet. |
| Date | 20:44:19, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | Yes. The PPF has voted in favor of restoring such freedoms, as shown in it's support of Allahu Akbar and Fatima al-Wazir. |
| Date | 23:10:43, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Tribal Revolutionary Council | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | On this occasion, to the general surprise of everyone, Godwin did not rise. But instead a creation Major-General Al Fali, one of the most high ranking supporters of IngSoc within the military rose to speck. His voice was sharp and full of scorn. "I remember you speaker, though before you weren't in uniform." He had spoken quietly, but silence had descended the room. "You where a peacenik, I recall, in the first Democracy now goverment. A bubbling scholar struggling to keep the Anarchs from causing too much trouble. But then "Guy Fawkes" came to power. And you did nothing to hunt out the terrorists inside your party, instead you humbly joined the Anarchs as they engaged in there insane war on society." Suddenly Fali was off the platform and standing in front of the People's Preservation Front speaker, Adam J. Susan, a look of almost boundless hatred on his face. He garbed Adam by the front of his black uniform, lifting him off the floor. "Good men, MY TROOPS! UNDER MY COMMAND!!! WHERE KILLED BY MEMBERS OF YOUR PARTY!!! BOMBS! MOBS OF DISORDERLY STUDENTS! ROITS! THAT WAS THE WORK OF YOUR COMRADES! THOSE DAMN ANARCHS!" Ali began to rip at the medals on the PPF speakers chest, throwing them to the floor. "FAKE MEDALS! YOU DON'T FOOL ME! JUST BECAUSE YOU WEAR A UNIFORM AND RENAME YOURSELF YOU THINK I WON'T RECOGNISE YOU! SCUM!" And Godwin was there, no one saw him move. But he was there. He placed a hand on Fali's shoulder. Fali seemed have been turned off, he shagged down and let out a long breath. The PPF speaker was shacking. Godwin spoke, it seemed the entire world was his voice. Everyone felt as though he was along in a room with Godwin. His voice was......... Amazing. "Order is our parties first priority, your party brought chaos. Our party wants socialism, you party wants capitalism. As your last speech made clear. Your party, I can only say. Has gone mad due it losing power, you have tried hard to reinvent yourselves. And lost and forgotten who are, remember the manifesto of the Democratic socialist party all those years ago? Your party brought Al'Badara to the place it is today, you lost the peoples trust. We have the peoples trust, the trust of 20,230,464 people. A great responsibility, and we intend to lead Al'Badara away from where it is today. Understand?" And there was quiet...... * * * After the session had ended, Godwin was visited by a friend. In the party people had comrades, but Hector was.... different. He was a young lad, 20 something, could have been out of school two weeks. He was dark haired and handsome looking, not the kind of person you expected to be in politics. And he wasn't like the the other young party members, who where either incapable of thought, or saw the party as a massive social club. He.... knew things. And understood them, too. "That was, some speech you made, Godwin. Had those old buggers clutching there balls all right." Hector sat down on a nearby chair. Hector didn't like sitting down, Godwin had observed, he liked to walk. If he could, Hector would walk for hours for no reason at all. "Did you understand it?" Godwin asked, allowing himself a smile. "I think...." Hector started uncertainly "You where criticising the People's Preservation Front for betraying there original ideals?" "It goes deeper than that." Godwin said "Think harder." "Well..." Hector "The original Democracy now party was a socialist party, now there more of a authoritarian capitalist-" "You thinking in the wrong terms, Hector" Godwin cut in "The same critism could just as easily be applied to us. After all, the National Marxist-Leninist labour party is a long shot from where we are now. You see, we and the People's Preservation Front both want only power, and we justify our "Fascism" by denouncing the "Fascism" of the other. It's how all the most effective wars are fought. Remember it was a Anarchist thinker who said "war is the health of the state". As statist thinkers we must engage in war with other statists. In order to keep the state healthily. We and the People's Preservation Front don't cancel each other out, we are comrades in struggle. Warriors for the cause of the state. Our not our party colours the same? Do we not support the same legislation? Do, you understand Hector?" "I think I do" Smiled Hector, only Hector would smile at a thing like that. "And Major-General Fali is the kind of pawn we need, who only supports us because of his hatred of the others." "Exactly" Said Godwin, putting a arm round Hector "That's right" And to anyone walking past at the moment, it would have a looked like a attractive young man with a old man, perhaps his uncle or a teacher of some short, having a friendly talk.... |
| Date | 23:26:40, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | Al-Wazir tossed a coin, caught it, again and again. Could she trust the PPF? The party had changed its tune more than once of late? Was it stable? Could it be trusted? Well, there was no way to know. But the people who submit tot he way of God know that it shall be as God wills, no matter which way a handful of parliamentarians vote. Inshallah, this would all work out. If God willed it. Inshallah.... |
| Date | 10:53:57, October 27, 2007 CET | From | Tribal Revolutionary Council | To | Debating the Nation Preservation Act 420 |
| Message | Hector felt almost like laughing. The Ulama had totally forgotten that the People's Preservation Front had voted in favour of banning religion, and for the three party pact. Didn't these people read history books? They forget the past for the political necessities of the present, he thought, like trained double-thinkers, they probably where too. The People's Preservation Front's goverment would be a dictatorship, where they so blinded by there opposition to IngSoc they couldn't see it? Al-Wazir noticed a young man smiling at her from nearby where Godwin was sitting, she didn't know why, but his expression sent a chill down her spine... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 133 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 140 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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