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Bill: Right to Protest Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: October 2901
Description[?]:
| This Act will repeal laws on public assembly. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:56:58, February 28, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Right to Protest Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, public assembly is an ineffectual and potentially dangerous method of political speech. We suggest that groups wishing to effect change in the House be content with lobbying, petitioning, and of course voting. |
| Date | 23:22:50, February 28, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Right to Protest Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, freedom of assembly is a basic right. The current law would potentially allow a 'club' or 'society' to be disbanded on grounds of public safety. It would enable the authorities to disperse a group of people in a public park gathered together to demonstrate against something. Madam Speaker, occasionally, a march or public protest is the best and most efficient way of demonstrating opposition. Of course, lobbying, petitioning and the like are important, but sometimes more than that is necessary. Madam Speaker, what about the picket line that the NLP love so much? The potential for that to be outlawed are real. Madam Speaker, public assembly is a basic right and should not be limited. The police should only intervene when violence sets in. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 196 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 179 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 16 |
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