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Bill: Citizen Protection
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Theocrats
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: September 2538
Description[?]:
Basic rights are being infringed upon under the name of 'emergency'. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Right to privacy.
Old value:: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Current: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Proposed: Individuals have a right to privacy, to keep records and information for themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 22:19:57, February 26, 2008 CET | From | Secularist Socialist Party | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | these are only precortions for an emergancy, ie a large scale terroirst attack, or a war with delteria. |
Date | 22:22:14, February 26, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | The SSP is right. With the war-mongering Deltaria to the north, these precautions are necessary |
Date | 00:01:53, February 27, 2008 CET | From | Social Theocrats | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | When is invading a persons privacy going to be useful in war? Never. The current laws are only useful in case of general strikes/rioting/etc. in which case the government still shouldn't be invading it's peoples privacy. |
Date | 00:06:43, February 27, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | Spies? |
Date | 00:20:47, February 27, 2008 CET | From | Social Theocrats | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | WTF would a spy a) assemble himself in large group b) form a document on our soil detailing his spying activities c) write a letter when there are far more safe and effective means of communication? |
Date | 00:37:56, February 27, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | Potentially |
Date | 01:21:07, February 27, 2008 CET | From | Social Theocrats | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | Potentially they email it, but we don't sensor the internet. Nor do we tap phones. Also surely if a invasion was plotted the spies would retrieve information BEFORE they invaded us, thus BEFORE a state of emergency was declared, thus rendering the whole system void. |
Date | 01:34:32, February 27, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | Touche Btw, I've been trying to get a bill to pass that allows the police to search the internet for illegal things for years now, it get's shot down each time. I suppose I can support this, I didn't even think about what you said in your last post |
Date | 21:40:00, February 27, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | oh my... all this arguing, arguing. I might just have to come back if all this is happening! |
Date | 23:48:59, February 29, 2008 CET | From | Social Theocrats | To | Debating the Citizen Protection |
Message | We could do with it truth be told. Go on, come back! |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 226 | |||
no | Total Seats: 124 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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