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Bill: Arms Export act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Reform Party of Cobura
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: January 2548
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Current: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:42:28, March 17, 2008 CET | From |  Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Arms Export act |
| Message | No blood for profit. |
| Date | 22:03:51, March 17, 2008 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Arms Export act |
| Message | "This, aside from being utterly immoral, would put our Armed Forces in danger. Allowing our weapons and systems to be exported would lead to our enemies gaining more knowledge on our equipment and allowing them to devise counter-measures and so forth. It could also lead to a situation of reverse engineering, where they nation we sell arms to is able to take our weapons and make them for themselves, taking away any profits we may have expected in the future. Furthermore, this won't create any new jobs. The state owns the defence industries and provides a glut of jobs in this sector, along with job security." - Omid Faqua, Defence Minister |
| Date | 15:42:16, March 18, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Reform Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Arms Export act |
| Message | "So we can not sell weapons even those who have helped us in history and are our close allies?" |
| Date | 16:51:58, March 18, 2008 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Arms Export act |
| Message | "No. We must retain a technological edge on the battlefield. Besides. an ally today could be an enemy tomorrow." |
| Date | 17:37:13, March 18, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Arms Export act |
| Message | What is to stop our "allies" or "those who helped us" from passing on the technology and weapons to opur enemies, or there "friends" and "allies", who then might pass it on to our enemies? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 121 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 276 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 103 |
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