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Bill: Military Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iron Guard of the Archangel
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: April 2899
Description[?]:
| We need a strong army! It is self-evident as to why. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
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 weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation maintains no intelligence agency.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
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 is not allowed to play any part in it.
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, backed up by the military.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
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.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:00:17, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Left Revolutionary Committee | To | Debating the Military Reform |
| Message | The LRC is against a nationalized army of career soldiers opting instead to implement a system of guerrilla training for our citizens so they can defend their homeland in the horrific act of a foreign invasion. Where a national army can be destroyed in war or abused by domestic politicians, a series of localized guerrilla forces acting independently to attack and terrorize an invading force would be much more resilient. |
| Date | 17:07:37, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Iron Guard of the Archangel | To | Debating the Military Reform |
| Message | A guerilla army is useful as a backup. However, guerilla warfare would hurt our civilian population more, as the cities would become battlefields. |
| Date | 08:11:08, February 25, 2010 CET | From | Left Revolutionary Committee | To | Debating the Military Reform |
| Message | The idea of the guerrilla army implies that the civilian population takes up arms in defense of their homes. The LRC's agrarian intention for Dorvik is to encourage a population shift from the unsustainable cities into more localized rural eco-communities, making conventional occupation for an invading force immensely difficult. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 14 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
| Random quote: "A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless." - Antonin Scalia |