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Bill: Civil Liberties Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front for Popular Liberation
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: March 2602
Description[?]:
| Increasing our freedoms |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Current: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Proposed: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:05:30, July 04, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan National Party (Leftists) | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | We totally agree with article 2, but article one is appopriate. For now though, we will vote yes, but we will look at overturning article 1 later. |
| Date | 16:36:57, July 04, 2008 CET | From | Movement for Democratic Change | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | We will not vote for any bill that allows for the desecration of the national flag. |
| Date | 18:11:57, July 04, 2008 CET | From | Gluaiseacht Shaoráil DhaonlathachIt | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | We have problems with art 1 but on the whole the DFM will vote Yes. |
| Date | 15:00:26, July 05, 2008 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | We agree with the MDC's objection. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 252 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 216 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 249 |
| 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: "Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous." - William Proxmire |