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Bill: Promotion of Internal Order
Details
Submitted by[?]: Konservative Partei
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: December 3231
Description[?]:
| A government serious about protecting its citizens ought to adopt serious measures to achieve those objectives. These proposals will ensure that a state of order prevails: cracking down hard on those would seek to disrupt the peace. - Elena Neitzert, internal affairs spokesperson for the Konservative Partei. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Current: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are allowed with full privileges, with the right to intervene when necessary.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: The government competitively subcontracts security management to private security firms.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:30:28, December 21, 2011 CET | From | Libertäre-Grüne Bewegung | To | Debating the Promotion of Internal Order |
| Message | We agree only with Article 1. The rest seems to be a reincarnation of the "Safe Streets" bill, which we vehemently opposed, but even worse because it privatizes the police force (absolutely ridiculous) and legalizes paramilitaries (highly odious). The bill also seems to contradict itself: is it the military that acts as the police force or these private security firms? So, not only does the bill have the stench of the police state about it, but it is rather muddled, and creates an unwelcome ambiguity about who is really in charge of keeping our nation safe. Erich Wolf LGB Spokesman for Internal Affairs |
| Date | 17:21:47, December 22, 2011 CET | From | Liberaldemokratische Partei | To | Debating the Promotion of Internal Order |
| Message | We agree on article 4 and 5, but the we also see no sense in the double structure of military and private security firms, as this would mean more public spending. We are also not in favour of requiring people to carry their identity cards at all time. Anton Suhling LDP Spokesman for Internal Affairs |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 102 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 203 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 195 |
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