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Bill: Prisoners of War Treatment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sojuz Ljudej (People's Union)
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: February 2121
Description[?]:
| While we acknowledge that we will probably not be in a war, if we are in a war, we'll treat the prisoners by international standards. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:00:03, October 02, 2005 CET | From |  Liberty Party | To | Debating the Prisoners of War Treatment Act |
| Message | This sounds reasonable to us. |
| Date | 22:31:59, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Prisoners of War Treatment Act |
| Message | Agreed. |
| Date | 14:39:46, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Prisoners of War Treatment Act |
| Message | What standards? |
| Date | 17:35:53, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Prisoners of War Treatment Act |
| Message | I was thinking about that - I wondered whether we should have our own unilaterally-defined standards, but then it occurred to me that by having agreed international standards, the chances of our own soldiers being treated fairly are improved. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 326 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin |