We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Right To Assemble Law
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative 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: August 2106
Description[?]:
| The police must be given the power to disperse a group it considers a potential risk to public safety. The public has as much a right to be safe as people have a right to assemble. If a protest is peaceful then the police will not intervene. However, if the protest looks like turning violent then the police must be allowed to step in and protect the safety of the public. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:50:52, September 03, 2005 CET | From | National Socialist Workers Party | To | Debating the Right To Assemble Law |
| Message | Absolutely necessary to maintain law and order. |
| Date | 00:20:30, September 04, 2005 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Right To Assemble Law |
| Message | The NC welcomes the NSW recognition of the need for law and order. |
| Date | 03:17:09, September 04, 2005 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Right To Assemble Law |
| Message | Who decides? Who makes the call? This is dangerous ground. As the party which gave Ikradon the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, NDP cannot support this potential curtailment of civil rights. |
| Date | 10:46:26, September 04, 2005 CET | From | Underappreciated Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Right To Assemble Law |
| Message | We have repeated supported this measure. However we believe that it is unlikely to pass and likely to revert shortly thereafter. However if it comes to a vote we will support. |
| Date | 10:54:08, September 04, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Right To Assemble Law |
| Message | The UPI's statement on this law sums up the PLP's view as well. We might suggest holding off until new elections come and you have seats, and might be able to tip the balance in favor of this becoming law. This is unlikely the pass the current Assembly, even though we believe that there are circumstances in which crowds must be dispersed. |
| Date | 21:04:17, September 04, 2005 CET | From | Freedom and Solidarity Alliance | To | Debating the Right To Assemble Law |
| Message | The FSA championed the last act allowing freedom of assembly. Our positions have not changed. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 285 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 314 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Terra, the fictional world in which Particracy is set, consists of 8 continents: Artania, Dovani, Keris, Makon, Majatra, Seleya, Temania and Vascania. |
| Random quote: "Wherever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship." - Harry S. Truman |