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Bill: National Anthem
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Liberation Animals Environment
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2825
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: My homeland, My homeland Glory and beauty, Sublimity and splendor Are in your hills, Are in your hills Life and deliverance, Pleasure and hope Are in your air, Are in you Air Will I see you? Will I see you? Safe and comforted, Sound and honored Will I see you in your eminence? Reaching to the stars, Reaching to the stars My homeland, My homeland My homeland, My homeland The youth will not tire, 'till your independence Or they die We will drink from death And will not be to our enemies Like slaves, Like slaves We do not want, We do not want An eternal humiliation Nor a miserable life We do not want But we will bring back Our storied glory, Our storied glory My homeland, My homeland The sword and the pen Not the talk nor the quarrel Are our symbols, Are our symbols Our glory and our covenant And a duty to be faithful Arouse us, Arouse us Our glory, Our glory Is an honorable cause And a waving standard O, behold you In your eminence Victorious over your enemies Victorious over your enemies My homeland, My homeland
Current:
| From sandy shores to mountainsides, from the hills to the plains, the Republic shines its light on thee! The Republic lives in every mind, every heart that beats free bears witness, to the great justice within Badara! Long live Badara, long lives it’s people! Long live the Republic, and democracy! |
Proposed:
| My homeland, Glory and beauty, Sublimity and splendor, Are in your hills, Life and deliverance, Pleasure and hope, Are in your air, Will I see you? Safe and comforted, Sound and honored My homeland, The youth will not tire, 'till your independence Or they die, Fighting for freedom, And will not be to our enemies, Like slaves, We do not want, An eternal humiliation, Nor a miserable life, We do not want, But we will bring back, Our storied glory Our glory, Is an honorable cause And a waving standard O, behold you In your eminence Victorious over your enemies Victorious over your enemies My homeland, My homeland |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:06:31, September 28, 2009 CET | From | Hizb al-Ba'th al-Ma'atraniyyah al-Qawmi | To | Debating the National Anthem |
| Message | why do u wanna change the national anthem? |
| Date | 16:24:20, September 28, 2009 CET | From | Populist Liberation Animals Environment | To | Debating the National Anthem |
| Message | It is too long, repetitive and contains a passage that can be considered religious. "We will drink from death" is just weird too. |
| Date | 16:27:10, September 28, 2009 CET | From | Hizb al-Ba'th al-Ma'atraniyyah al-Qawmi | To | Debating the National Anthem |
| Message | I think "We will drink from death" means something like: "We will give our lives for our country" |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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