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Bill: Protection of Roccatan, Falristani, and Kenai Fisheries Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2723
Description[?]:
| Fishing ships from Trigunskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika continue to enter our territorial waters and harvest our fish. Meanwhile, Roccatan, Falristani, and Kenai fishermen are bound the Law of the Sea treaty from undertaking aggressive fishing practices outside of the limited water territory granted to them by the treaty. Until the Law of the Sea is recognized by all coastal states in our part of the world, we should not hamstring ourselves with it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the The Law of the Sea.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:07:44, March 08, 2009 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Protection of Roccatan, Falristani, and Kenai Fisheries Act |
| Message | Deploying the Navy to protect north-coast fishermen is a much better solution than withdrawing from a treaty half the nations of the world are party to. |
| Date | 02:19:13, March 08, 2009 CET | From | Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union | To | Debating the Protection of Roccatan, Falristani, and Kenai Fisheries Act |
| Message | What, and spark an international incident? We don't want war with the TSR; we simply want our fisherman unencumbered by useless treaties. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 197 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 354 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 148 |
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