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Bill: DSP.096.2543
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
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[?]:
| We must end the era of greedy manipulative lawyers. By changing this law it will ensure that all lawyers are neutral by making sure that they all receive the same wage. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:30:05, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | Is the DSP wishing to implement a fixed wage and size of team for all legal representation? How would the Minister of Justice prevent out-of-court payments between clients and their respective legal representation? The "same wage" idea is just not making complete sense. In theory, would be nice and the CP would consider agreeing. But practically, this is not a feasible solution with the given grounds. Does the DSP have any other ideas for why this proposal should be implemented? |
| Date | 06:49:56, March 09, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | A fixed wage for lawyers, yes. Lawyers would work for the state and would be responsible to the government to disclose all information on such things, and if they accepted them they would be stripped of their position. |
| Date | 06:53:09, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | hmm ... then this bill should be a lawyer's act with all the rules and regulations of the profession. At this moment, someone who wishes to have a 10-man legal representation will be granted it and it will be paid for entirely by the state. |
| Date | 06:57:09, March 09, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | Then we would advise the justice department to create regulations to limiting the amount of lawyers one can have. |
| Date | 07:34:10, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | The CP would prefer a debate in which all the opinions can be sent to the Minister of Justice for consultation before making any laws. Therefore, the CP will oppose this bill and looks forward to the lawyer's act. |
| Date | 11:10:46, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | The FDP would prefer it if the government kepts itself out of the justice system, thereby biasing it, and left the number of lawyers and the wages earned between the client and individual. Treading down this path is a stepping stone towards regulating the wages and how people work in a lot of other professions, like accountancy, audit, doctors, nurses etc |
| Date | 15:48:51, March 10, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | The Justice system is part of the government. |
| Date | 23:58:26, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the DSP.096.2543 |
| Message | The judges yes, to preserve impartiality, but when the lawyers of both the defendent and the prosecution are paid for by the state, what guarantee can the defendant have of a fair trial? What guarantee of a lawyer working for his interests? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 137 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 63 |
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