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Bill: Freedom of Assembly Act of 2797
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Party of Aldegar
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: February 2798
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:34:02, August 06, 2009 CET | From | Social Justice Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Assembly Act of 2797 |
| Message | While we admire the sentiment of the GPA in respecting the rights of assembly, there are dire times of emergency when force may be justified and when rights are secondary to the collective rights of safety. |
| Date | 12:04:25, August 06, 2009 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Freedom of Assembly Act of 2797 |
| Message | The best action during times of emergency is to let every individual know that the state is cool-headed, not going to the streets and be paranoid at the least sign of possible disturbances. |
| Date | 16:08:04, August 06, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Freedom of Assembly Act of 2797 |
| Message | Even under a state of emergency, there is room for a cool-headed reaction by the police, as there is no requirement to disperse a crowd under any circumstances. A state of emergency would not be declared at the least sign of possible disturbances, but only when they are a very real prospect of grave public disorder, and even then the police can still leave peaceful crowds alone. |
| Date | 09:50:34, August 07, 2009 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Freedom of Assembly Act of 2797 |
| Message | Well, all we are hearing is leaving it to the police to judge whether a crowd is peaceful or not. And knowing that the police is always concerned with who is doing something wrong, than with who is doing something right, we prefer not to give that power to them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 141 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 358 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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