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Bill: People Power 20:POWs
Details
Submitted by[?]: BDSP un Beys fun Yisserles-Binyomen
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: July 2704
Description[?]:
| Power to the People |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:52:12, January 30, 2009 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the People Power 20:POWs |
| Message | "International standards is too arbitrary a definition. Until there is a treaty detailing these standards, we prefer to use our own laws." |
| Date | 05:35:55, January 31, 2009 CET | From | BDSP un Beys fun Yisserles-Binyomen | To | Debating the People Power 20:POWs |
| Message | You are saying there’s not been a “Geneva Convention,” yet. |
| Date | 14:37:34, January 31, 2009 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the People Power 20:POWs |
| Message | Nope |
| Date | 21:21:13, January 31, 2009 CET | From | BDSP un Beys fun Yisserles-Binyomen | To | Debating the People Power 20:POWs |
| Message | There should be one. |
| Date | 22:46:03, January 31, 2009 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the People Power 20:POWs |
| Message | OOC: Arguably, but in Terra such international agreements fall apart rather quickly due to alliances tending to be small and unstable. |
| Date | 08:26:14, March 18, 2009 CET | From | BDSP un Beys fun Yisserles-Binyomen | To | Debating the People Power 20:POWs |
| Message | We have turned the four Geneva Conventions into five Birahtenyu Conventions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 147 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 53 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." - Franklin D. Roosevelt |