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Bill: Positive Discrimination Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti Révolutionnaire des Travailleurs
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: October 2755
Description[?]:
| We must address the grievances of our nations minorities and fringe groups by creating a working atmosphere in which their personal hardships are considered viable experience for reconsideration for a position. Eleanor Souvellent Standing Committee Member for Foreign Affairs |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:55:24, May 12, 2009 CET | From |  Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the Positive Discrimination Act |
| Message | If we didn't have immigration, we would not have ethnic or religious minorties to have to coddle. As for women, is there evidence that they are discriminated against in hiring? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 294 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 306 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Zardugal is a nation based on the old Byzantine Empire, with a modern twist and the Esperanto language. Zardugal is located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." H. L. Mencken |