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Bill: Progressive Coalition Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jelbanian Independence League
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: March 3079
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Current: Adoption is not regulated.
Proposed: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to adultery.
Old value:: Adultery is a capital offence.
Current: Local governments establish policies on adultery.
Proposed: There is no explicit government policy on adultery.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group without giving any reason.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Minors may not use streets or public property beyond the curfew time.
Current: No-one may use streets or public property beyond the curfew time.
Proposed: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: Religious doctrine determines the death penalty.
Current: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation does not issue passports to any nationals, except on specific authorisation of the Foreign Minister.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after an invasive security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on internet service providers (ISPs).
Old value:: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Current: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Proposed: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The legality of interracial sex.
Old value:: Interracial sex is completely illegal.
Current: The government has no policy concerning interracial sex.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning interracial sex.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is banned.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is free from regulation
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: Only government approved movies are allowed to be viewed.
Current: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Proposed: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The police may arrest citizens for any reason.
Current: The police may arrest citizens for any reason.
Proposed: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:33:36, February 19, 2011 CET | From | Guardians of the Khalifah | To | Debating the Progressive Coalition Reforms |
| Message | By voting in favor this gateway into degeneracy, the Social Democratic hypocrites have support capitalism and the exploitation of the Jelbanian people and our nation's Islamic customs and heritage to the capitalist machine. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 42 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 37 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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