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Bill: Arms Sales Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Worker's Council Defence Committee
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: January 2697
Description[?]:
| Regulation of the arms trade is essential to prevent human rights abuses and to ensure national security. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:06:58, January 15, 2009 CET | From | Worker's Council Defence Committee | To | Debating the Arms Sales Bill |
| Message | So the Nationalists, Liberals and Traditional party not only have no concern for human rights but are unconcerned if an Aldegarian company sells weapon to an enemy state? |
| Date | 01:32:52, January 16, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Arms Sales Bill |
| Message | Aldegar is a friendly nation. We use diplomacy to ensure we have no 'enemies'. |
| Date | 07:24:57, January 16, 2009 CET | From | Tallahasseea Party | To | Debating the Arms Sales Bill |
| Message | Nevertheless, a policy of free export makes us complicit to some degree if weapons produced in Aldegar are used to oppress people in foreign lands. While the Tallahasseea Party cannot support a policy which will give the government full discretion in the matter (since the policy would be as ephemeral as the makeup of the cabinet), we would certainly support a bill restricting such sales to our close allies, who have shown a commitment to human liberty and, at the least, not engaging in genocide. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 152 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 598 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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