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Bill: National Defense Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alliance of Pontesi Federalists
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 2685
Description[?]:
| A bill to curtail the extreme powers of the government over the military, which encourages rash military action and diplomacy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:22:05, December 23, 2008 CET | From |  Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the National Defense Reform Act |
| Message | "This act limits the nation capability to defend themself aganist outside and "inside" threat and I urge the member of the Parliament to vote aganist it." David Tristan MP |
| Date | 13:37:57, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Free Peoples Reform Party | To | Debating the National Defense Reform Act |
| Message | I agree with Mr. Tristan on this issue, and my fellow FPP MP's will all vote no. Jack West MP |
| Date | 22:07:09, December 23, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Marxist Party (BIC) | To | Debating the National Defense Reform Act |
| Message | We do not like article one, but we must resist the other parties. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 114 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 387 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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