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Bill: Democratic Control of the Armed Forces!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido Comunista de Saridan
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: April 2485
Description[?]:
| Allow the State to control the Army and not private interests. |
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 shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 2
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:: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
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 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:27:46, November 11, 2007 CET | From |  Partido Comunista de Saridan | To | Debating the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces! |
| Message | Respect for sovereignty of other countries while taking the profit motivation out of war. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 157 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 113 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 30 |
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| Random quote: "George W. Bush will protect your unborn fetus, then send your grown child to die in war." - Rick Claro |