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Bill: All we are saying is give peace a chance
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand Ol' Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2858
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the World Wide Human Rights Agreement.
Article 2
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 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation can only use chemical or biological weapons on non-civilan areas.
Article 4
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:02:29, December 03, 2009 CET | From | Aggressive Communist Party | To | Debating the All we are saying is give peace a chance |
| Message | I am only with article 4 nothing else |
| Date | 00:36:54, December 04, 2009 CET | From | Progressive Capitalist Party | To | Debating the All we are saying is give peace a chance |
| Message | The PCP will not be supporting this bill, and we urge the legislature not to pass these reforms. National security should be the highest priority, and this bill puts the people of Telamon at risk. Zaphod Beeblebrox Chairman of the PCP |
| Date | 00:43:29, December 04, 2009 CET | From | Aggressive Communist Party | To | Debating the All we are saying is give peace a chance |
| Message | We now are only with article 1 |
| Date | 00:56:42, December 04, 2009 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the All we are saying is give peace a chance |
| Message | Not only does this bill hugely compromise national security, but it makes a blatant attempt to strip our people of Human Rights. We will not support this, and we would encourage our colleagues in government to oppose this bill as well. Jennifer Brackett Chairwoman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
| Date | 01:08:27, December 04, 2009 CET | From | Grand Ol' Party | To | Debating the All we are saying is give peace a chance |
| Message | fine, this bill will die, but peace will not! |
| Date | 04:47:49, December 04, 2009 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the All we are saying is give peace a chance |
| Message | Obviously peace will not die... the Republic of Telamon has been a peaceful nation for nearly 400 years, the last 100 of which has been largely under the leadership of the DCD and the JDL. Jennifer Brackett Chairwoman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 500 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004) |