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Bill: Military Reform Act of 2557
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Falangist 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: June 2559
Description[?]:
| A bill to improve the quality of Saridan's military. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women serve alongside men.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:07:57, April 08, 2008 CET | From |  Socialist Worker's Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | No, no, and no. Just figured I'd let you know where I stand. |
| Date | 15:56:00, April 08, 2008 CET | From | Capitalistic Liberal Front | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | I would like to hear how this can "improve" the quality of our military? |
| Date | 15:58:36, April 08, 2008 CET | From | Capitalistic Liberal Front | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | And you remove the rights for woman, religious, foreigners and homosexuals. Even encourage discrimination. I encourage everyone to vote this down, and i belive they will anyway. But still i really want to hear your argument for this. |
| Date | 03:05:45, April 09, 2008 CET | From | Christian Falangist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | Well I'll go step by step: Article 1 does not discriminate against anyone, it simply removes useless government oversight from military recruitment. The government should not actively enforce misguided affirmative action policies on the military. Article 1 simply says that if the military wants to recruit certain people it can, but if it decides not to, it can do that as well. No one has objected to Article 2, but it is the position of the Christian Falangist Party that the free-market approach is always the better one. If the government ceases interfering in the defense industry, there's no telling what kind of innovations the private sector will be able to come up with. Article 3 is perfectly reasonable (in fact this policy is practiced by many of Terra's nations and endorsed by many of its parties). The Christian Falangist Party does not believe that the military is the place for social experiments. On the other hand if this policy is too objectionable, we would be willing to compromise and remove this provision in favor of a "don't ask, don't tell" policy. As for Article 4, the CFP believes that women and men have distinct gender roles and are not designed for the same tasks. We would not restrict them from serving in the military, we simply don't want them in combat situations. |
| Date | 13:41:16, April 09, 2008 CET | From | Academics Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | We support the don't ask, don't tell policy, but the other articles are too extreme. |
| Date | 17:43:28, April 09, 2008 CET | From | Christian Falangist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | Article 3 has been amended. |
| Date | 11:56:26, April 10, 2008 CET | From | Academics Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2557 |
| Message | We're happy to see some progress, but unfortunately article one and two differ with our boundry's |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 150 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 150 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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