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Bill: POW Decency Act (2656)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Social Democratic Republicans
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: August 2657
Description[?]:
| To adhere to international standards of treatment of POWs in order to preserve morality and the security of our own soldiers. |
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 | 09:58:00, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the POW Decency Act (2656) |
| Message | Why should we treat our POW\'s better than our own citizens?! |
| Date | 22:09:03, October 28, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the POW Decency Act (2656) |
| Message | Unless you\'re suggesting we torture our citizens, it\'s not treating them better. |
| Date | 23:12:39, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the POW Decency Act (2656) |
| Message | If we wished to treat them the same, we should have them subject to the same laws and regulations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 274 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 326 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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