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Bill: Citizenship (Nationality) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: August 2569
Description[?]:
| An act to remove regulations on nationality. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Current: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Proposed: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:35:31, April 29, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Citizenship (Nationality) Amendment Act |
| Message | What kind of test could we possibly give? The mere fact of wanting to be a national is enough. |
| Date | 22:00:41, April 29, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Citizenship (Nationality) Amendment Act |
| Message | No, nationality is more than a piece of paper, it's a commitment, it's not something people should be able to trade or collect like a filatelists do with stamps |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 162 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 251 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: For more information on Particracy's former colonial nations, check out http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6640 |
| Random quote: "The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." - Ralph W. Sockman |