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Bill: Military Reform (2597)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist Party
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: September 2598
Description[?]:
| It is important the Sekowo keep a strong and able military. We propose that the following reforms be implimented to ensure that matters are dealt with in the most effective and appropriate manner: Shelter construction should be delegated to local authorities, who know best their own areas and the most effective way to create and maintain local shelters. As part of this provision, local governments shall be required by the federal government to create and maintain shelters, which must meet minimum qualifications. Sekowo's intelligence agencies should be able to undertake operations of a military nature as necessary to ensure the safety of the state. As a provision, any operations which are of a military nature (beyond reconaissance and surveillance) must be reported to the elected government of the nation within one month of completion. Failure to do so will be considered treason. In times of dire circumstance, Sekowo needs the ability to quickly draw upon its citizenry to take up arms in defense of their nation (allowing for exemptions for exceptional cases). As part of this provision, only adults shall be required to serve in times of necessity, and a parent shall only be required to serve if another parent in the family is available to take care of their children. Prisoners in Sekowo should NEVER be treated better than its citizens. Prisoners should be given the same rights as other visitors to our glorious nation, but never should those who fight against us be treated better than we treat invited guests! Arms should not be sold to anyone, but approval on a case-by-case basis is cumbersome, and still allows for corrupt deals to come into play. It would be far better for us to simply limit our arms exports to our close allies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:52:55, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | Up for debate/discussion. |
| Date | 17:30:35, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | We hesitate to allow any sort of conscription. We believe in national service, not national servitude. |
| Date | 18:21:19, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | We will support the bill, but would like to see a few things mandated: Local governments _MUST_ set up shelters, though are free to choose where and how they are built, so long as they meet minimum requirements for survivability. IRT Mandatory Service in War: Only adults may be forced to serve, and in the case of adults with children (born to the parents or adopted), one parent must not be called to service, and should stay with the child at all times. IRT Intelligence Agency: We are wary to allow such a wide berth to the intelligence agency, but can see the benefits from this as well. We would like to see constant reports from the intelligence agency provided to the Tenno and/or cabinet. Other than those few points being cleared up after the fact, we support the bill in it's entirety. |
| Date | 20:15:39, June 26, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | We are opposed to all articles. 1. The building of shelters is far to important to be left up to local governments. 2. We dislike having an intelligence system in the first place and believe it should be highly restricted. 3. We oppose the draft unless it is under very certain circumstances such as invasion or WWIII. 4. Not all nations believe in the sanctity of the person as we do and having that law would allow Human Rights violations by our government. 5. The current law works just fine since there are countries that are our allie's (temporarily) that we should not sell arms to and their are countries that are not our allies that we should. |
| Date | 22:16:51, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | We agree with SIP on all accounts. We would like more people drafted, but his idea is acceptable. |
| Date | 09:02:31, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | We shall impliment most of the proposed changes. |
| Date | 17:19:08, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | We support, but hesitantly so. |
| Date | 00:12:33, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Military Reform (2597) |
| Message | Article 1: we prefer federal handling shelters, but this isn't a big issue Article 2: fully support a stronger intelligence agency Article 3: fully support a national service Article 4: fully support P.O.W. law Article 5: we prefer discretion before any arms sales but since we are organized and know our allies, I don't see any harm in this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 393 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 207 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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