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Bill: Anti-Militarism and a People's Militia Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Liberation Front of Hobrazia
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: September 2597
Description[?]:
| To stop militarism and create a popular militia, abolishing any distinction between 'the army' and the populance at large. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
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: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:35:22, June 25, 2008 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Anti-Militarism and a People's Militia Bill |
| Message | Agreed with all except article 4 and 7. |
| Date | 10:38:52, June 25, 2008 CET | From | People's Liberation Front of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Anti-Militarism and a People's Militia Bill |
| Message | We have removed these articles and will be intorudcing them sperately. note for myself: they were the articles on making the military replace the police and the article on weapons exporting |
| Date | 20:56:55, June 25, 2008 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Anti-Militarism and a People's Militia Bill |
| Message | Could have agreed with article 3. |
| Date | 21:08:03, June 25, 2008 CET | From | Social Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Anti-Militarism and a People's Militia Bill |
| Message | We support all articles except article 3. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 96 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 304 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "It makes no difference, in principle, if this 'collective will' is divined by the edicts of a dictator or by majority vote, so long as the rights of the individual may still be sacrificed." - Robert Garmong |