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Bill: POW's Act!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon National Party
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 2628
Description[?]:
| We feel that Our Laws are the ones we should follow as a sovereign state, our laws are there because our people have voted for our Parliament to pass them and we should not be bound by standards set by groups around the world which our people have no or little say in. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:25:13, August 28, 2008 CET | From | Telamonese Communist Party | To | Debating the POW's Act! |
| Message | Treating foreign soldiers according to international standards is the best way of ensuring that our own soldiers, should they be captured, will also be treated according to international standards. Albert Brocklehurst (General Secretary of the Telamonese Communist Party) |
| Date | 00:43:33, August 28, 2008 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the POW's Act! |
| Message | We do not believe that is strictly true, they will treat our prisoners however their laws dictate. We can also not be sure or rely on the fact that internationally accepted standards are good. It is safer to set the standards ourselves so we go on what we think is morally right and not other states which could fall into control of harsh regiemes. Mark Finnant, Defence Minister. TNP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 147 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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