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Bill: Civil Security Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Militarist 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: November 2543
Description[?]:
| The unrest caused by Communist guerillas has gone on for TOO LONG. If this is to stop, rights must be forsaken temporarily to SAVE LIVES. If you do not believe in this, you do not believe in safety, and as such, the lives of our citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Proposed: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Article 2
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-one may use streets or public property beyond the curfew time.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 4
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, backed up by the military.
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 5
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:04:40, March 04, 2008 CET | From | Supporters of Science in Design (IP) | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | A curfew time needs to be added to the bill description, unless we wish to leave it up to the discretion of the Ouparath, which we recommend. We also must oppose using the military as our sole police force, because the military must be ready to defend us from potential foreign attacks. With the Indralan tension not yet over, the military must be free to act without needing to police the homefront as well. |
| Date | 03:37:37, March 04, 2008 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | Answers: 1. It will be left to the discrtetion of the Ouparath 2. The police will be inducted into the military and the military will be given powers of arrest. This is the primary reason. |
| Date | 00:14:57, March 05, 2008 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | The Militarist Party wishes for the other parties to take stances before this bill is brought to vote. |
| Date | 01:03:10, March 05, 2008 CET | From | New Conservative Party of Malivia | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | We oppose using the military as police, and we oppose the use of torture. Under no circumstances can torture be condoned. |
| Date | 03:08:20, March 05, 2008 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | So, if a nuclear weapon is hidden by terrorists on Malivian soil and the only way to find it would be to torture a captured terrorist for its location, you would deny the lives of the people who would be killed in the blast? |
| Date | 11:34:46, March 05, 2008 CET | From | New Conservative Party of Malivia | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | How likely is that situation, in all honesty? How does one determine "grave circumstances"? How does one determine if the information is vital when we don't have it? Hm? Once you start, where do you stop? If we do it for nuclear weapons, why not for chemical or biological? Why not for conventional explosives? Why not for somebody planning a protest against government policy? With the torture provisions in there, the NCPM will not support this bill. |
| Date | 21:25:00, March 05, 2008 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | The Article regarding torture has been removed. This bill will now be brought to vote |
| Date | 22:18:21, March 05, 2008 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | Why start a vote now? This bill will just reset when the election occurs in a few months. |
| Date | 00:09:17, March 06, 2008 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | OOC: Oh yeah XD |
| Date | 15:53:25, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Soviet Party (Trotskyist) | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | Why is this bill necessary? The revolution ended 2 years ago. |
| Date | 15:56:54, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Soviet Party (Trotskyist) | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | OOC: Game years, not real-life years. |
| Date | 22:38:06, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Supporters of Science in Design (IP) | To | Debating the Civil Security Act |
| Message | With the revolutionaries in charge, we fear that this bill could now hurt the citizenry, thus we now oppose this. -Press Release, Supporters of Science in Design |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 119 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 599 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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