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Bill: SDWF Military Affairs Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Workers' Federation
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: January 3051
Description[?]:
| Solentia must become a less agressive, less military nation. It must become less of an agressor and more of an example, a hallmark of diplomacy, co-operation and good faith in international dealings. This is not about making Solentia weaker than her neighbours. It is about making the first step towards a de-militarized, more co-operative region, and in the long run, Terra. -Arnold Deniau |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
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 government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
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, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is allowed.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons on non-civilian areas.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Current: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:35:38, December 25, 2010 CET | From |  Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the SDWF Military Affairs Bill |
| Message | "Supported wholeheartedly." Horace, Lord Callermansted Unionist Chancellor Former Lord Protector of the Solentian Regency |
| Date | 00:43:29, December 25, 2010 CET | From | Independent Party | To | Debating the SDWF Military Affairs Bill |
| Message | Greatly supported -Jack Carver |
| Date | 06:39:59, December 25, 2010 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the SDWF Military Affairs Bill |
| Message | Never Regent Jack Swindon |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 49 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 256 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 120 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "The people who vote decide nothing. The people who count the vote decide everything." - Joseph Stalin |