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Bill: Military
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sekowan Liberation Front
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: May 2575
Description[?]:
| People should not be forced to serve in the military. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:46:05, May 11, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | We support civil service, so we'll vote based on if enough vote not that our vote wont count, otherwise we'll abstain. |
| Date | 14:49:52, May 11, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Liberation Front | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | OOC: I don't understand what you're saying. |
| Date | 14:54:43, May 11, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | OOC: IF everyone else votes no, and my voting yes wont make it pass, I'll vote yes. If say it's more split, and my vote would be the tiebreaker then I'll abstain. |
| Date | 16:03:24, May 11, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | Agreed. We believe in national service, not national servitude. Let our military be composed of all those who are willing, and we believe it will be fundamentally stronger, more reliable, and overall better. |
| Date | 18:11:18, May 11, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | So if someone attacks us where can we get enough soldiers, even with high volunteering rate, we can't expect to rely totaly on them. |
| Date | 03:59:16, May 12, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | That's what robots are for. *nods* |
| Date | 04:28:46, May 12, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | We feel somewhat divided on this issue. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 388 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 212 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
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