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Bill: International Responsability Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Holy Eliyahu Confession
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 2619
Description[?]:
| A bill to increase international accountability of the Republics of Lodamun by putting the nations foreign policy on a footing of moral actions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in 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, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 2
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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:36:53, August 09, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the International Responsability Act |
| Message | Why do you want to limit our intelligence agencies? We are not accountable to any other country, we are accountable to our citizens. Every penny they pay on taxes should be returned to them in services provided by the government. |
| Date | 10:10:55, August 09, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the International Responsability Act |
| Message | We don't believe that the conducting of terrorist attacks in foreign countries should be a government sanctioned act. |
| Date | 16:55:10, August 09, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the International Responsability Act |
| Message | Who said our counterintelligence agencies conduct such actions? Has there been any accusation of that? |
| Date | 03:26:48, August 10, 2008 CET | From | Collectivist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the International Responsability Act |
| Message | "[T]o undertake all types of covert operations" is a pretty broad license. |
| Date | 08:17:32, August 10, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the International Responsability Act |
| Message | We certainly will be making a big mistake by taking power away from our counterintelligence agencies. The information they gather, however they do it, is critical to our national security. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 86 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 17 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 16 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods." - John Maynard Keynes |