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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: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
Random quote: "We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together, and if we are to live together we have to talk." - Eleanor Roosevelt |