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Bill: Regulation of Arms and Paramilitary Forces Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Tory Party
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 3238
Description[?]:
| To Repair certain Perceived Deficiencies in the Present State of this Holy Empire. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The Government leaves this to the army to decide upon.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Article 4
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, backed up by the military.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
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 in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are allowed but are heavily regulated by the government.
Current: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
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 must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
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 arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:26:02, January 04, 2012 CET | From | Secular party | To | Debating the Regulation of Arms and Paramilitary Forces Bill |
| Message | Mr speaker As a pacifistic party SP agrees new laws about chemical and biological weapons, defence industry, land mines, separation of the police and the military, nuclear weapons, paramilitaries and prisoners of war. Unfortunately we can't vote for article 2, (banning contraceptives) and Article 4 (criminalising euthanasia). Our stance towards article 10 about export of weapons to other nations is neutral. If Luthori Constitutional National Party will remove articles 2 and 4, then we would accept this bill. |
| Date | 17:33:12, January 04, 2012 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Regulation of Arms and Paramilitary Forces Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Artiles relating to purely moral-religious matters can be saved for a separate Bill. I yield the floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 20 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 80 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 5 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "The liberal state is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building." - Benito Mussolini |