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Bill: new regulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Peoples Choise Union
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: May 2678
Description[?]:
| Please indicate which regulations you agree on, so I can seperate them in case this bills fails |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence, but there is no requirement for shelters to be open to the public.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs but does not regulate their prices.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to be armed or take part in combat.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: People are required to dress according to religious codes
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on sexual relations.
Old value:: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Current: Heterosexual relationships only are legal for consenting adults.
Proposed: Sexual relations are only legal for procreation.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Commercial whaling is legal and not subject to restrictions.
Current: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:07:14, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | The SDP strongly disagree with articles 2, 5 and 6. They threatern the democracy that the DDR have fought so hard to preserve. |
| Date | 19:04:38, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Darnussian Justice Party | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | This is tyrrany!!!! |
| Date | 21:13:05, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Darnussian Freedom Party | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | This is a load of crap. |
| Date | 21:45:16, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | The two smallest parties n the HOD have voted "no". We urge for the SP to vote "n", as they claim to be supporters of democracy. |
| Date | 23:13:19, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Peoples Choise Union | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | I don't get the point when you claim that funding R&D of new drugs, which could help to cure diseases like cancer, etc is bad for democracy. |
| Date | 23:19:35, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Surprise Party | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | I might just not vote at all on this one. Half of these are things my party would agree with, and the other half are things my party could never agree to. Whatever else you might think of the Surprise Party, we are not big-government environmentalists :-D |
| Date | 23:25:35, December 08, 2008 CET | From | Peoples Choise Union | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | Please indicate which proposals you oppsoe |
| Date | 23:22:27, December 09, 2008 CET | From | Surprise Party | To | Debating the new regulation |
| Message | ok. 1,3,4,5,7,8,9. Some of them are negotiable, but 2 and 6 are the only "solid" ones here from my perspective - and I wouldn't actually propose either of them unless I knew i was going to lose on the vote :-D |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 130 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 469 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it." - Adolf Hitler |