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Bill: Military Command and Control Act of 2677
Details
Submitted by[?]: Surprise Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2678
Description[?]:
| AN ACT to clarify the legality of orders given to the DDR Armed Forces 1) In general, either the President, Prime Minister or the Minister of Defense may issue legal orders to the military acting within DDR territory, to the defense of the Republic, within the territory of the Republic. Should orders be in conflict, the last orders issued shall govern. 2) In general, either the President, Prime Minister or the Minister of Defense may issue legal orders to the DDR military to deploy overseas, only if a valid mutual defense pact exists with the nation troops are ordered to proceed to, for the purposes of aiding in the defense of such nation against hostile forces. In the event of conflict between orders, the military shall hold deployment (if deployment has not yet commenced) until consensus is reached, or shall fortify and hold positions, if already on foreign soil, until consensus is reached. 3) No deployment of forces to foreign soil shall be legal, in the absence of a valid mutual defense pact with the nation to which deployment is ordered, unless such orders are issued jointly by the President, the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Defense. If any office is vacant, the successors to such office (or offices) shall suffice, with the highest ranking available Cabinet minister (or ministers) filling the vacant positions for purposes of this clause. 4) No use of any Weapons of Mass Destruction (chemical, biological, or nuclear weaponry) shall be legal, except on the joint order of the President, Prime Minister, and the Minister of Defense, acting in concert. If either office is vacant, the procedure for filling such vacancy shall be the same as in Clause 3 above. If all government offices are vacant, due to a WMD attack on the government itself, the surviving military chain of command has full emergency authority to unilaterally launch any and all retaliatory strikes, provided it can determine the source of the attack. 5) No military on Darnussian soil, except for the Darnussian Armed Forces, and the allies of Darnussia acting to defend it under legal authority and consent of the Government, shall be permitted to exist. Any so-deemed "paramilitary" forces acting under the authority of a single political party rather than the duly elected Government of Darnussia are deemed illegal assemblies, and the Darnussian Army has plenary authority to engage such hostile forces whereever they may be found. 6) The House of Delegates reserves the power to overrule any deployment of military forces. Its decision shall control over any conflict in orders. The delegations of power listed in this act are subordinate to the power of the National Legislature, and may be revoked or amended by that body at any time. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:17:04, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Surprise Party | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | The main purpose of this act is to: 1) Require "two keys" to deploy the military in a hostile way (including the use of WMDs) 2) Require only "one key" to use the military in an emergency to defend Darnussia, or its treaty-bound allies, but allow the other key to overrule if the initial orders are deemed unwise or improper 3) Ban paramilitary forces. |
| Date | 10:56:19, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | There are curently Luthori troops in Narikaton. They have been stationed at naval bases ever since the war. The SDP believes it is time to expel them from the DDR. |
| Date | 10:57:19, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | Also, the SDP agrees with all proposals. |
| Date | 12:55:13, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Peoples Choise Union | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | We agree, maybe even the prime minister should be able to use the military in an emergency to defend Darnussia. Also in order to prevent a to slow reaction, they should be able to deploy the military without the approval of the parliament (i believe, that this is included in this approval.) But the parliament should have the power to overrule such decision. In case president and defence minister do not agree, parliament should decide. |
| Date | 22:12:31, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Surprise Party | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | PCU: Would you suggest some wording to make those changes? I'm not quite sure how to phrase that. SDP: There are? Can you provide a link to that, and what they're doing there? |
| Date | 03:05:03, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Surprise Party | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | I think the above rewording should clarify the concerns PCU raised. Particularly Clause 6. |
| Date | 16:06:25, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Peoples Choise Union | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | PCU agrees |
| Date | 17:48:05, December 09, 2008 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Military Command and Control Act of 2677 |
| Message | SDP is lying, there has never been Official Luthori Troops in Narikaton, they are Axis Troops. There is actually 3 Axis Military Bases in Darnussia, created after the 2nd Civil War, 1 in Nihaton, 1 in Narikaton and 1 in Kozaria. Just as info for the Surprise Party, fellow Axis Member. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 429 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 126 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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