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Bill: Military
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progessive Labour 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: December 2572
Description[?]:
| Time to modernise our 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 but subsidised by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are enslaved.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve in segregated units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:58:04, May 04, 2008 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | Horrible outrage! |
| Date | 05:19:10, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | I like article 2 the way it is and article 4 needs changed, but not to what you changed it too... |
| Date | 23:09:13, May 07, 2008 CET | From | Neo-Marxist revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | We can agree with articles two and three, article four we can agree with but only as a compromise solution. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 283 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 467 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Democracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water." - Michael Z. Williamson |