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Bill: Bill in the Government
Details
Submitted by[?]: Super Friendship Coalition
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: July 2678
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The Government leaves this to the army to decide upon.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
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.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:58:00, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Super Friendship Coalition | To | Debating the Bill in the Government |
| Message | Explanation of article 3: This isn't due to homophobia, but simply due to logistics. The military bunks members of the same sex together. If a gay man (or woman) is in there, it defies the whole purpose of bunking men only with men, and women only with women, and we'd have to make special situations for them, wasting money. |
| Date | 22:05:19, December 07, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Bill in the Government |
| Message | The FRP holds opposition to article 10, however, we strongly support all other bills and will therefore vote yes. Surprisingly, we thank the SFC for proposing this bill. |
| Date | 21:54:56, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Bill in the Government |
| Message | the MAU would like the bill to be split. If Articles 3, 4, 6, and 10 are removed from the bill, then we will support. |
| Date | 02:37:29, December 09, 2008 CET | From | Super Friendship Coalition | To | Debating the Bill in the Government |
| Message | done and done |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 27 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
| Random fact: Players using inactive accounts and/or accounts from outside nations may only propose bills and/or contribute to discussions, whether IC (in-character) or OOC (out-of-character) with the general consent of the players in the nation. |
| Random quote: "It is better to abolish serfdom from above than wait for it to abolish itself from below." - Alexander II of Russia |