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Bill: Military Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Mouvement d'Étoile Rouge
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2133
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 2
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 must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:17:04, October 26, 2005 CET | From |  Mouvement d'Étoile Rouge | To | Debating the Military Reform Act |
| Message | I know the KIP has an objection to omnibus bills. This is reasonable, but when so many reforms are needed in one topic, omnibus bills are perfectly acceptable - so long as all proposals share a common theme. |
| Date | 21:59:16, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Action Française | To | Debating the Military Reform Act |
| Message | The NA supports a strong military. The Empire needs to expand, we cannot do this if we make our armies smaller than everyone elses. |
| Date | 23:07:03, October 27, 2005 CET | From | Mouvement d'Étoile Rouge | To | Debating the Military Reform Act |
| Message | I disagree. With a large army, we can be seen as intimidating, thus provoking neighbours. That is thoroughly unnecessary. |
| Date | 05:09:13, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Malfico Progressive Fascist Party | To | Debating the Military Reform Act |
| Message | Although the argument that having a large army can disturb the balance of power and destabilise a region has some merit, it does not apply in this case. We will support the maintenance of an increased efensive millitary . The only article of this bill we oppose is the article three regarding nuclear weapons. the rest we could support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 426 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 173 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair |