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Bill: National Identity Amendment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Islamic Nationalist Front
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2119
Description[?]:
| A RESOLUTION to agree upon the national symbols of United Jakania, including: flag, motto, anthem, capital city, national animal and national sport. The process shall be divided into two parts: 1) nomination and 2) election. Each participating party may nominate one (1) item for each of the six categories (one flag, one motto, etc.). Following nominations, the Jakanian Libertarian Party will announce when voting begins. Each participating party will then vote for each category. When voting officially ends, this Resolution shall be amended to include propositions declaring each symbol. ALL PARTIES WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE NOMINATION OR VOTING PROCESS FOR THIS RESOLUTION ARE BOUND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE RESULTING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: None
Current:
| Milli Marşı (National March) Korkma! Sönmez bu şafaklarda yüzen al sancak, Sönmeden yurdumun üstünde tüten en son ocak. O benim milletimin yıldızıdır, parlayacak; O benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak. Çatma, kurban olayım, çehreni ey nazlı hilal! Kahraman ırkıma bir gül; ne bu şiddet, bu celal? Sana olmaz dökülen kanlarımız sonra helal... Hakkıdır, Hakk’a tapan milletimin istiklal. (Fear not; For the crimson banner that proudly ripples in this glorious dawn, shall not fade, Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within my homeland is extinguished. For that is the star of my people, and it will forever shine; It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation. Frown not, I beseech you, oh thou coy crescent! Smile upon my heroic nation! Why the anger, why the rage? Our blood which we shed for you shall not be worthy otherwise; For freedom is the absolute right of my God-worshipping nation!) |
Proposed:
| Jakania, Jakania Our Blessed Jakania Let Liberty flow Let Prosperity grow In our bless'd Jakania |
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national flag (URL).
Old value:: images/null.gif
Current: https://i.imgur.com/toMBHbs.png
Proposed: http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The National Animal.
Old value:: none
Current: Bozkurt (Gray wolf)
Proposed: Pike
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The national motto.
Old value:: No Motto Yet
Current: Birlik, Düzen ve Adalet (Unity, Order and Justice)
Proposed: Freedom and Security
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: none
Current: Okçuluk (Archery)
Proposed: Water Polo
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:34:36, September 28, 2005 CET | From |   Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | (First, before you do anything else, read the description carefully. Now, here's how this works. In order to nominate symbols, simply post a message in this debate like this: NOMINATED FLAG: NOMINATED MOTTO: NOMINATED ANTHEM: NOMINATED CAPITAL: NOMINATED NATIONAL ANIMAL: NOMINATED NATIONAL SPORT: Just copy and paste (the NOMINATED is to distinguish nominations from votes). Following the first nomination, I will give you guys approximately one day (real life). If no one nominates a particular symbol, like the anthem, I will nominate something myself. Also, if someone nominates something that you also want, but you have different nominations for the other symbols, just put down the same symbol -- I'll sort it out after nominations end. After that I will post a message declaring an end to all nominations and the voting will begin. NOTE: The post declaring an end to nominations will also include all the nominated choices for each category. When you vote, simply post another message in this debate that looks like: DESIRED FLAG: DESIRED MOTTO: DESIRED ANTHEM: DESIRED CAPITAL: DESIRED NATIONAL ANIMAL: DESIRED NATIONAL SPORT: Please put somethign down for each category! Again, I'll give you guys approximately one day. This time around, I also vote : ) When voting ends, I will amend this resolution to include propositions for each symbol. Now, this is IMPORTANT! If you nominate a symbol or vote, you are BOUND to vote in favor of the constitutional amendment, whether the symbols you voted for get chosen or not. This is mainly to guarantee that we have some kind of national identity. If you hate any of the symbols, vote for this amendment now anyway and just make a separate constitutional amendment later! One last note: if we end up with any ties, we may hold another vote for just that particular symbol or reswolve the issue in another way.) |
| Date | 02:32:21, September 29, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | NOMINATED FLAG: NOMINATED MOTTO: Freedom and Security NOMINATED ANTHEM: Jakania, Jakania Our Blessed Jakania Let Liberty flow Let Prosperity grow In our bless'd Jakania NOMINATED CAPITAL: NOMINATED NATIONAL ANIMAL: Falcon NOMINATED NATIONAL SPORT: Rugby |
| Date | 06:00:37, September 29, 2005 CET | From | Nudist Party of United Jakania | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | NOMINATED FLAG: <a href="http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg."> Linkie </a> NOMINATED MOTTO: Per la Giustizia Per la Verità Per la Libertà NOMINATED ANTHEM: NOMINATED CAPITAL: Do we have any cities with names? Or do we just make one up? If the latter, I propose Wakanda NOMINATED NATIONAL ANIMAL: Pike (since we are a coastal nation) NOMINATED NATIONAL SPORT: Water Polo |
| Date | 06:02:34, September 29, 2005 CET | From | Nudist Party of United Jakania | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | <img src='/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg'> |
| Date | 06:04:02, September 29, 2005 CET | From | Nudist Party of United Jakania | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg Third time's the charm maybe? |
| Date | 18:32:35, September 29, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | DESIRED FLAG: Could we maybe leave resolution on this until last? Once we have a national animal or motto, perhaps we could incorporate either onto our flag? if that's not cool, it's okay. DESIRED MOTTO: Per la Giustizia Per la Verità Per la Libertà DESIRED ANTHEM: DESIRED CAPITAL: Nilaka, capital of the nilaka region! DESIRED NATIONAL ANIMAL: I think the falcon is cool. White Rhino might be nice; a docile herbivore... until it needs to defend itself. DESIRED NATIONAL SPORT: Soccer! |
| Date | 00:54:55, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Nudist Party of United Jakania | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | There's already a nation that has a rhino. I still think something aquatic would be better as we are a coastal nation. And as a coastal nation, our sport should aquatic in nature...we could excel at water ballet, water polo, beach volleyball, etc. |
| Date | 01:08:58, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | I could deal with beach volleyball as a sport, but I do not want a fish or whale as our animal. |
| Date | 02:28:15, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | Point #1: I would like to congratulate the JLSP on NOT following directions, DESIRED means you're voting not NOMINATING and we haven't started voting yet. It's ok though : ) Point #2: I technically should end nominations in about an hour, but I will wait until we get a nomination from one other party and then I'll fill in any blanks we might have. |
| Date | 17:51:47, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | Alright, I give up. I'm starting voting now. We can always change this stuff later when we have more active parties. For now we have the following nominations: ***FLAG: 1. http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg 2. notion to postpone voting on flag until we've decided on motto and/or national animal ***MOTTO: 1. Freedom and Security 2. Per la Giustizia Per la Verità Per la Libertà ***CAPITAL: 1. Wakanda 2. Nilaka ***NATIONAL ANIMAL: 1. Falcon 2. Pike 3. White Rhino ***NATIONAL SPORT: 1. Rugby 2. Water Polo 3. Soccer Please vote for each category. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT NOMINATE ANYTHING, YOU CAN STILL VOTE! Thanks! |
| Date | 17:55:27, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | DESIRED FLAG: http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg DESIRED MOTTO: Freedom and Security DESIRED CAPITAL: Wakanda DESIRED NATIONAL ANIMAL: Pike DESIRED NATIONAL SPORT: water polo |
| Date | 02:08:15, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | DESIRED FLAG: http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg DESIRED MOTTO: Freedom and Security DESIRED CAPITAL: Wakanda DESIRED NATIONAL ANIMAL: Falcon DESIRED NATIONAL SPORT: water polo |
| Date | 03:35:01, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Nudist Party of United Jakania | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | DESIRED FLAG: http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/85611/united%20jakantia.jpg DESIRED MOTTO: Freedom and Security DESIRED CAPITAL: Wakanda DESIRED NATIONAL ANIMAL: Pike DESIRED NATIONAL SPORT: water polo |
| Date | 03:41:59, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | (sorry about earlier, c/p'd the wrong block. ;) ) DESIRED FLAG: Postponement DESIRED MOTTO: Per la Giustizia Per la Verità Per la Libertà DESIRED CAPITAL: Nilaka DESIRED NATIONAL ANIMAL: White Rhino DESIRED NATIONAL SPORT: water polo (By the way, i think the motto above translates to 'for justice, truth, and liberty', just in case anyone was unsure.) |
| Date | 15:10:14, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | 2 Hours before voting ends. Any last votes? |
| Date | 20:32:27, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | Alright, that's it then. I gave people more than enough time. I'm going to make this resolution into a constitutional amendment. The following parties are bound to vote for it: JLP, JLSP, FRP, and NP. I think we need 12 more votes, so I ask the ULT to please support this amendment as well! |
| Date | 21:00:06, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | I can't get the capital city to work, probably because they're trying to incorporate cities into the game. I'll put what we have so far to vote and we can worry about the capital later. |
| Date | 00:31:41, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | Thanks for voting :D |
| Date | 04:03:41, October 08, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | OOC: Testing images... <img src="http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/2836/ujjc9hj.jpg"> |
| Date | 04:04:36, October 08, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the National Identity Amendment |
| Message | http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/2836/ujjc9hj.jpg |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 68 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 32 |
| Random fact: Make sure your nation casts its nominations in Particracy's very own Security Council elections! For more information, see http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=8453 |
| Random quote: "To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making." - Otto von Bismarck |