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Bill: Military Reform Act of 2786
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Nationalist Party
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: April 2787
Description[?]:
| We believe these reforms will improve our armed forces and also ensure they are more secure. |
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: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military actively seeks to remove homosexuals from it.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: 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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are enslaved.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:53:49, July 13, 2009 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2786 |
| Message | We would only agree to Article 4. The rest, we can't agree with. Therefore, we are voting against this bill. |
| Date | 13:50:28, July 14, 2009 CET | From | Republican Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2786 |
| Message | OOC: We support article 3,4 and 5 (we'd rather have them executed) Split the bills more up, please. |
| Date | 14:21:04, July 14, 2009 CET | From | Kébé Front | To | Debating the Military Reform Act of 2786 |
| Message | We disagree with articles 1 and 2. We may vote yes if the same bill is presented without Article 1, and even more so without Article 2 as well. However, we can not vote for this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 35 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 124 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 41 |
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