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Bill: Military
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido Lariano Nacional
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: September 2911
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 reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns all defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 3
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, but can shorten their term/forego it completely by paying a certain amount of money.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:20:59, March 20, 2010 CET | From | SDLP/ Caillea Vinstri Bandalag | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | The SDLP/CVB agrees with banning nuclear, biological and chemical weapons outright, but disagree with the other articles. |
| Date | 20:20:56, March 21, 2010 CET | From | Christian Social People's Party | To | Debating the Military |
| Message | The CSPP agrees with the privatisation of the defense industries, and with the repeal of national service, but not the other articles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 119 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 307 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 74 |
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