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Bill: Forest Protection Act of 2551
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kirlawan People's Justice Party
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: December 2551
Description[?]:
| We don't expect this to pass, especially since the DFM and LLH are so strong at the moment (although we would be very pleased and grateful if it did). However, our party has been inaccurately and inexplicably assessed as "skeptic-leaning" on environmental issues for a while now, which might be part of why we've been faring so lamentably poorly in recent elections. :( Introducing this bill might help with that, in addition to helping our forests if it does pass. Out of all ten possible positions along the environmental spectrum, "skeptic-leaning" is the least popular one among Kirlawan voters http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewopinions.php?nationid=4#ECO and we hope to demonstrate that we are considerably more eco-friendly. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:30:16, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Forest Protection Act of 2551 |
| Message | Support |
| Date | 11:16:21, March 25, 2008 CET | From | TEA Party | To | Debating the Forest Protection Act of 2551 |
| Message | We also support |
| Date | 18:00:18, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Forest Protection Act of 2551 |
| Message | Thank you :) |
| Date | 19:20:21, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the Forest Protection Act of 2551 |
| Message | Don't you think this is overdone ? Protecting forests is ok but not allowing any logging activity is ludicrous. Besides, quite a number of people will become unemployed because of this. Don't they belong to your electorate ? |
| Date | 21:46:35, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Forest Protection Act of 2551 |
| Message | We are not into buying votes through jobs. We know that the right will often try to smear the left as creating a 'client-base' for electoral gain, but we are not (quite) that cynical. The great Kirlawan forests have been victim to several great periods of felling, and will take generations to restore, and this measure will hasten that day. It will also provide a decent 'carbon-sink'. |
| Date | 06:47:09, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the Forest Protection Act of 2551 |
| Message | Touching a tender spot there ? We are not saying that every tree has to be chopped. The DFM do believe that keeping a sound logging industry should be possible, like in the current situation. If logging is isn't desired in certain area's no license will be issued. There is no reason to change the current legislation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 360 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 174 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 183 |
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