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Bill: Military Re-Structuring Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Children of the Wrath
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: July 3005
Description[?]:
| Art. 1 Civil Defence Law §1: Shelters have to be built and maintained in a manner that the following conditions are met: 1. Shelters have to be built in a number that allows at least 90% of the population to find shelter. 2. Therefor, every citizen is to be assigned a shelter to which he can go in times of war or other imminent danger. 3. Shelters have to be built and stocked in a manner, that all the people assigned to a specific shelter can survive without considerable hardship for at least 6 months. This is especially important concerning food resources, health supplies, and personnel. 4. Shelters have to be built in a manner that allows for 20% more of the assigned citizens to find safety, in order to provide from those who could not reach their originally assigned shelter in time. 5. Shelters have to be built no more than the maximum of one hour waytravel away from at least 80% of their assigned citizens, and no more than two hours for the rest. §2: Shelters may not contain weapon supplies, except regular rifles for no more than 10 men. They are not supposed to become military targets. Art. 2: Military Service Law §1: Military Service shall be done for at least 18 months. §1a: In certain branches of service, the term of service can be up to three years. §2: Military Service is to be started not longer than a year after completion of schooling. §3: Schooling does not refer to studying at universities or other institutions of higher learning. Military service has to be done before the beginning of any higher education. §4: The Minister of Defence can exempt certain professions from the duty to serve in the military. He can either exempt them from all duties of service, or reassign them to civilian national service. §5: Citizens have to be of sufficient health to serve in the military. In cases of temporal illness or other conditions that prevent a useful service, the beginning of the Military Service can be delayed until the condition has ceased to exist. In cases of permanent illness or similar conditions, citizens are exempt from serving in the military, but not necessary from National Civil Service. §6: Citizens doing their military service have the same rights as professional soldiers in the same stages of training, especially considering their payment and social security. National Civil Service Law §1: Civil Service shall be done for 18 months. §2: Civil Service is to be started not longer than a year after completion of schooling. §3: Schooling does not refer to studying at universities or other institutions of higher learning. Civil service has to be done before the beginning of any higher education. §4: The Minister of Health and Social Services can exempt certain professions from National Civil Service. It is not possible to reassign them to Military Service. §5: Citizens have to be of sufficient health to serve in the National Civil Service. In cases of temporal illness or other conditions that prevent a useful service, the beginning of the National Civil Service can be delayed until the condition has ceased to exist. In cases of permanent illness or similar conditions, citizens are exempt from serving, also from serving in the military. §6: Citizens doing their National Civil Service have the same rights as professionals considering their social security. §7: Citizens in the National Civil Service have to be paid the exact amount that brings them 10% over the poverty line. §8: The Minister of Health and Social Service has to maintain a register listing all the organistations in which the National Civil Service can be done. Art. 3: War Prisoners Act §1: Prisoners of war are captured enemy soldiers or other fighting forces, as well as rebels or similar agressive fighters. Being only a citizen of a state currently warring against Malivia does not suffice to classify someone as a prisoner of war. §2: It is not necessary that a state of war has been announced, to be a war prisoner. §3: Prisoners of war are to be held captive for at least as long as the war or warlike status is not over. In principal, they have to be treated like native Malivian prisoners. §4: In situations in which the equal treatment of prisoners cannot be ensured any longer, regular Malivian prisoners are to be treated preferentially, though not to the point when the survival of prisoners of war coule be guaranteed if Malivians were treated equally. Art. 4: Weapon and Arms Trade Law §1: The Minister of Trade and Industry maintains a register that lists all arms that are not considered conventional. §2: In the case of a new weapon type or even model, the new type or model has to be considered by the Minister of Defence, who then decides if the weapon is conventional or not. §2a: Failure to present a new type or model to the Minister of Defence is to be punished by up to 10 years imprisonment. §3: International weapon and arms dealers have to register with the Minister of Trade and Industry. Failure to do so can result in up to 10 years imprisonment. §4: Arms that are not considered confidential can only be trained after a permit has been obtained by the Minister of Trade and Industry. This permit has to be obtained for every export. §5: Violations of this law other than those mentioned specifically can be punished by a fine of up to 3 600 day rates or imprisonment for up to 15 years. |
Proposals
Article 1
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:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 2
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 either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Article 3
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 treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:41:32, September 24, 2010 CET | From | Children of the Wrath | To | Debating the Military Re-Structuring Act |
| Message | Does the opposition have anything to add? |
| Date | 14:58:34, September 24, 2010 CET | From | Konservative Partei Malivia | To | Debating the Military Re-Structuring Act |
| Message | This law expand the power of the state and destoys our good relationsships with other countries and this law , especially the civil defence law, is completly not acceptabell. Shelter for 90% of the popoulation is simply not possible.Instead of great state investing we should invest into private inictative. A programm for private persons and companies to promote the building of shelter would be the right way. And as shadow defence minister I mus perfectly made it clear, that we don't support a general compulsory military service. We need highly motivated troops and not tropps who do this because they have to! |
| Date | 18:58:10, September 24, 2010 CET | From | Children of the Wrath | To | Debating the Military Re-Structuring Act |
| Message | We will still have a professional army. Nevertheless, every member of the country will have to do his part. If it would be possible for private initiatives to shelter 90% of the population, it will be even better achieved by a national order. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 307 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 294 |
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