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Bill: Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2139
Description[?]:
| This bill asks for the ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty. If this treaty is ratified, it becomes binding and will define national law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Ratify the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A pseudo-proportional algorithm that gives considerable advantage to smaller regions.
Current: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Proposed: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:04:06, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | Julia Butterfly Terra's Daughter stood up. Rather shyly, she started to address the Citizen's Assembly. "My darlings, there is one plank that has formed the very basis of this party for many years. There have been many polciies, many struggles, many campaigns, but one thing has remained constant. We have sought to build a world safe from the evil scourge of chemical and biological weapons." Some groans went up from the other parties' benches, but she ignored them and continued on. "We have promised one thing to the people of the Five Nations: freedom from this evil. Now that we hold the foreign ministry, it would be unforgivable if we failed to deliver this to the people. Thus I offer this treaty once more to the Assembly. If we fail once again to deliver on our pledge to the people of Lodamun, there will be no purpose to our party. We will stand before the people exposed as completely futile. And Lodamun has too many politicians. Therefore, if this treaty is rejected once more, the Green Action Party will disband itself and trouble the voters no longer." |
| Date | 17:30:14, November 07, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | A rider has been added changing the way Assembly members are elected. We hope this is a deal that the Assembly can accept. |
| Date | 00:59:50, November 08, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | (While the temptation to cause the dissolution of the greens is SOO tempting...) Message from The Priestess: This should hardly suprise anyone, considering that we have been ordered to abstain from all sorts of chemicals for a long time, chemicals that could only harm the user. Now we have been told to refrain from chemicals harmful to others. |
| Date | 03:12:29, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | I would like to assure the Libertarian Militia that this treaty is prevented from harming our vital interests in national security, should it be needed. I have created an emergency powers bill that is able to duck under the treaty, even after passage. Meanwhile, such bill will remain in debate, hopefully forever, while we will oppose removing this treaty for as long as we have 300 proportionally elected seats. |
| Date | 03:56:38, November 08, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | Alan Deeton, a relative of the Deeton family of Gaduridos, throws himself onto the podium and cries for reason. "We cannot, in our right mind, trust the world that they will not use biological or chemical weapons. That is why we must create a weapon of retaliation against these barbarians. If our military leaders see it fit to use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons then we must allow it. The Libertarian Militia will vote no!" Cheers ring out from thirty six of the seats, while the other representatives roll there eye, a few sputtering frustratingly. |
| Date | 04:51:14, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We currently allow reasearch and development of the technology, and to mollify the expected resistance from members of both of our parties, I have created the Emergency Powers Act, which will retain the laws as a last resort pending majority approval and a dissolution of parliament. If our military is in a state where such weapons are required, they will not be stopped, but there will be a layer of parliamentary review to prevent accidental discharge of such weapons. Meanwhile, we are on the verge of passing a law that we have struggled to pass for over seven decades, which is article 2 of this bill. This opportunity may not come again, and your support would be appreciated. We have tried to do what is possible to preserve national security interests, which we predicted to be the main opposition to this bill. If our contingency is not an acceptable precaution, then let us know and we will delete it and continue to struggle for equalized suffrage for the next century or two. |
| Date | 17:42:01, November 08, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We cannot believe the people who voted for Green Action, the Collective Satanists and the Lodamun People's Coalition did so in order to lessen their collective voices. We can only presume, therefore, that these parties are supporting this bill in contravention of their promises. |
| Date | 18:27:38, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | The 32 Golavian and Norstavani Faithful members of the Parliament find it disgusting that 8 of the Devo members prefer to give their constituents a disproportionate amount of power. They suggest that they contact their constituents and actually listen to them. Considering that they are outnumbered 4 to 1, we feel that our members know what the two regions want a bit more than the equitistan members. |
| Date | 20:55:44, November 08, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We urge members to reject this disgraceful "compromise" which, although it demonstrates an apparent eagerness to protect others from our chemicals, promotes the likelihood of our people choking in their own chemical filth as the nations enter a population booming contest to gain more power. |
| Date | 21:09:09, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | You have an unusual ally equitista. |
| Date | 00:44:16, November 09, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We're hoping more parties will recognise the idiocy of this proposal and change their vote to no. |
| Date | 02:30:11, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | So you support artificially distorting the vote of our citizens even when it means supporting chemical weapons? |
| Date | 20:31:21, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | Hmm. It appears my math was wrong. Trying again. |
| Date | 20:59:48, November 09, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We see no advantage in establishing a policy of not developing chemical weapons if it is at the cost of unleashing a breeding war between the Five Nations - or the dissolution of the federation through withdrawal by the lesser-populated Nations - or imposing the will of one Nation over another. |
| Date | 22:33:34, November 09, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We are torn, but we will vote no, for we are more against 1 then we like 2. |
| Date | 22:16:38, November 10, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | Oh dear. Oblivion looms.... |
| Date | 22:27:40, November 10, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | "We see no advantage in establishing a policy of not developing chemical weapons if it is at the cost of unleashing a breeding war between the Five Nations - or the dissolution of the federation through withdrawal by the lesser-populated Nations - or imposing the will of one Nation over another." none of these costs are real. only hateful, anti-social propaganda. |
| Date | 20:11:39, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Ratification of the Chemical and Biological Weapon disarmament Treaty |
| Message | We are astonished that the parties of this nation have voted against this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 109 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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