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Bill: Curfew Policy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lourenne Democratic 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: September 2482
Description[?]:
| Whilst it can be seen as a provision for national emergency, we cannot have this law. We must protect our citizens without infringing their civil rights. We can warn people, we cannot force people. Sen. Lucié Ormancey (D - NK) Co-sponsors: Sen. Matthew Paulson (D - KR), Minister of Foreign Affairs Sen. Jessica Hayes (D - AL) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: No curfew policies may be established.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:21:31, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Parti de Garde Royales | To | Debating the Curfew Policy Act |
| Message | Again this is a difficult matter. When an emergency is declared, it is vital that government employees can do their jobs (police, national guard, relief workers etc.), and this can become a problem if the citizens are all over the place. The OGP of course agree that the state ought not to force people to do specific things, but this is a grey area. At this moment we are leaning towards voting against this bill, but we welcome the other parties arguments to svay us in another direction. Victoria Halland - Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 22:14:45, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Lourenne Democratic Party | To | Debating the Curfew Policy Act |
| Message | Government employees, civil servants, police, national guard, etc. all do their job with citizens 'all over the place' in peacetime and times where there is no national emergency. We can warn our citizens to stay in their houses, but we can't force them surely? It seems that it would undermining our citizen's intelligence if we thought they would not stay at home or in a safe place during times of significant danger (i.e, bombing, air raids). Sen. Lucié Ormancey (D - NK) |
| Date | 09:28:13, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Parti de Garde Royales | To | Debating the Curfew Policy Act |
| Message | Excuse me. What happens if there is a fire, what happens if there is a car crash, what happens if whatever. People are curious and are happy to get some live entertainment, and then when the police asks them what happened, they say nothing. During a national emergency, people will surely get in the way. |
| Date | 17:41:58, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Lourenne Democratic Party | To | Debating the Curfew Policy Act |
| Message | A fire or a car crash is not a national emergency. I'm sure that our citizens are intelligent enough not to risk their own lives in a highly serious national emergency. |
| Date | 13:21:08, November 07, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Curfew Policy Act |
| Message | National emergency = War, Floods, Country wide fires. Imagine the damage caused by one individual in that case. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 65 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 135 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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