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Bill: Military Decommissioning Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Elitist 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: October 2872
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
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 develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Current: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Proposed: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: 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.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 7
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 shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:56:41, December 30, 2009 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Military Decommissioning Act |
| Message | We're opposed for the following reasons; Bio-chem; While we oppose the construction of such weapons the rest of the world is not quite as ethical as we are, thus we must be prepared. The current law allows us to create cures and antidotes in the case we ever are attacked. Civil Defence; Let's be honest, alot of the world does'nt like us, we need to ensure the safety of our civil population in times of war. Defence Industries; We oppose capitalism, especially when it comes to the safety of the people and state. National Service; We don't have any objection to it or any particular attraction to it, as such we prefer the law as is. Nuclear Weapons; We must ensure that Sekowo is safe, our nuclear stockpile is a very good deterrent against rogue nations and Imperialists attacking us. Prisoners of War; Simply sending prisoners of war back to their home country is the height of military ignorance, not only does it mean our enemy retains manpower, but they may also bring back information that would cause us harm. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 337 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 75 |
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