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Bill: PUA Platform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pan-Sekowo Freedom Alliance
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: May 2514
Description[?]:
| A new era has dawned in Sekowo. The people cry out for discipline and unity. The PUA answers! This bill will restore the power of our police and armed forces to protect our citizens. It will stop desecration of our flag, the symbol of all that is good about our Nation. It will make prison hard for prisoners, acting as a deterent, stamping out crime. It will make us a force to be reckoned with in times of war. It will also keep the races of Sekowo seperate, that each may carry on their proud history and tradition, with out the intermingling that leads to a weaker, hybrid culture! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Racial segregation of public amenities (eg. drinking fountains, public toilets)
Old value:: Segregation of any public amenity is banned.
Current: Segregation of any public amenity is banned.
Proposed: All government owned public amenities are segregated, private organisations are free to choose.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Current: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Proposed: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Article 5
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.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Surrendering enemy combatants are summarily executed.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:41:36, January 09, 2008 CET | From |  Communist Party of Sekowo | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | The most racist proposal I've seen. |
| Date | 06:58:45, January 09, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | It's Fascist, not racist. |
| Date | 08:59:27, January 09, 2008 CET | From | Pan-Sekowo Freedom Alliance | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | Acknowledging and celebrating the differences between races is not racist! |
| Date | 17:34:07, January 09, 2008 CET | From | Saiken Renmei | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | Well, segregation is a racist measure, as it tries to limit contact with 'impure' people. The only real differences between races are caused by the color of the skin and several minor biological aspects, no real reason to segregate. But we shall support the preservation of what is left of the purity of the Sekowan race. |
| Date | 17:53:32, January 09, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | While we might support certain measures of this, it is both too extremely militaristic as well as racist, and we Normands condemn racism to the utmost extent. |
| Date | 23:01:15, January 09, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | We support everything on the except the segregation, and especialy the execution. We plan to compromise by putting the POW treatment back as soon as this passes, I hope the PSFVP's good judgement is still in the reformed party, and we can agree to it. |
| Date | 02:51:05, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Pan-Sekowo Freedom Alliance | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | NPP, what measures do you support? |
| Date | 19:23:09, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | Police firearms and working prisoners. |
| Date | 19:23:40, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the PUA Platform Bill |
| Message | Having the police have firearms is particularly important becase other Sekowans can carry firearms. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 207 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 543 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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