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Bill: Right to Appeal Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Political Union
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: April 3267
Description[?]:
| We need to reaffirm the right of every citizen to appeal against a court judgement they consider unjust. Politicians should not be allow to take this right away. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: Every person has the right to appeal to the Minister of Justice to have a judgement reviewed by another court.
Current: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Proposed: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:39:03, February 29, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Right to Appeal Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, What the Catholics are proposing here is expensive and unneccesary, we actually believe the current system is such as well. But given the circumstances supporting the current system is best. Additionally, people HAVE the right to appeal. |
| Date | 22:35:07, February 29, 2012 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Right to Appeal Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We support this change to our justice system. The judiciary and justice system should be independent from the government and from politicians and in order to ensure that appeals can be heard without bias appeals should be to the higher courts and not the Minister of Justice |
| Date | 01:25:44, March 01, 2012 CET | From | Red Police Party | To | Debating the Right to Appeal Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We'd like to remind the government that the Minister of Defense is in fact a member of the judicial system, and is a judge much like the other judge who will hear the case in the other courts. Having the Minister of Defense hear cases and decide which have merit is a strong system that has been successfully used in several nations. We can cut down on court's waiting times, and we can stop ridicolous and foolish cases from being brought before a court, and wasting that courts time. |
| Date | 02:10:59, March 01, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the Right to Appeal Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, There are ways to improve the efficiency of the appeals system which would not involve surrendering the civil liberties of our citizens to the whims of the Minister of Justice. Leroy Adams (Chairman of the CPU) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 272 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 409 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 69 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color." - Author Unknown |