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Bill: Reasonable Response Act 3221
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Party (SDP)
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: February 3222
Description[?]:
| Several military reforms to humanize and modernize Hutori's armed forces. |
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 shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
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 weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
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 either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 4
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 in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:59:26, December 02, 2011 CET | From | Social Democratic Party (SDP) | To | Debating the Reasonable Response Act 3221 |
| Message | A series of military reforms to liberalize this government's ability to respond to threats, as well as to forbid some particularly unsavory and unnecessary weapons. Prisoner of wars should be treated as per international treaties/law. |
| Date | 01:21:16, December 02, 2011 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Reasonable Response Act 3221 |
| Message | Rt Hon Alfred Scargill MP, Leader of the Labour Party Mr Speaker, this legislation is the right thing to do. For too long our nation has been shunned as a pariah for our treatment of prisoners. It is time for us to grow up and stop abusing people like the former tory tinpot dictatorship. |
| Date | 04:47:24, December 02, 2011 CET | From | United Civic Alliance | To | Debating the Reasonable Response Act 3221 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker; This nation has not been at war for over two centuries. What prisoners do you speak of? |
| Date | 11:31:30, December 02, 2011 CET | From | Social Democratic Party (SDP) | To | Debating the Reasonable Response Act 3221 |
| Message | William Hook MP, Liberal Leader, Mr. Speaker, this law is referring to hypothetical prisoners obviously as my colleague from IU most know...a policy to apply to any future conflicts that yield POW's. |
| Date | 11:40:03, December 02, 2011 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Reasonable Response Act 3221 |
| Message | Rt Hon Duke Owens MP, Hutorian Conservative Party Leader, Mr Speaker, once again, lies are required to justify the implementation of reform. There are no POW's in Hutori. As the IU rightly point out - we have not been at war in over 200 years... Mr Speaker, first it was a "deficit", now its POW's....this government is fabricating the existence of problems in order to justify its reforms...this is quite frankly appalling. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 245 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 146 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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