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Bill: National Service Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Novy Smer 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: March 2131
Description[?]:
| All citizens have a duty to contribute some of their time to the state that nurtures them. The state should also take this chance to ensure that every man and woman has a craft that they can be proud of. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: 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.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:54:20, October 24, 2005 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the National Service Act |
| Message | His Grace fully approves of this. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 05:45:58, October 24, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the National Service Act |
| Message | The PLP could not be more opposed! |
| Date | 17:49:45, October 24, 2005 CET | From | Sanctaphrax Party | To | Debating the National Service Act |
| Message | Make people join the army? What about pacifists? Religious people? People with mental or physical disorders? We vote no, and if we could vote no twice to show our extreme opposition we would. |
| Date | 21:11:44, October 24, 2005 CET | From | Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the National Service Act |
| Message | If pacifists and religious people don't want to fight that's absolutely fine; they can just stand on the frontline and get shot... Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 11:38:08, October 25, 2005 CET | From | Novy Smer Party | To | Debating the National Service Act |
| Message | The bill does allow for an alternative of civilian service to allow for such private concerns. Pacifists will not be forced to take up arms. They can take up pens instead! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 133 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 25 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example." - Niccolo Machiavelli |