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Bill: Unity Military Proposals
Details
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: January 3281
Description[?]:
| Proposals of the Unity party to put people before rugged militarism and the military industrial complex. |
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 nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:44:14, March 28, 2012 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Unity Military Proposals |
| Message | You try to separate the military and the people, which is blatantly false! Isn't national security in the interest of the people that you pretend to benefit with this reform? Our nation's security and strength must not be put at risk in favor of weak pacifist policies. Park Bo-Sung (GNP) Minister of Defence |
| Date | 18:47:34, March 28, 2012 CET | From | Unity | To | Debating the Unity Military Proposals |
| Message | What delusion and blatant untruths. This bill will do nothing to weaken our conventional defence forces - nothing whatsoever. On the contrary, it strengthens it by making the nation more independent from private interests in the supply of armaments. What it will do is show that our nation is not willing to waste its resources on the mindless race into the abyss that is weapons of mass destruction, and also keeping our weapons exports out of the hands of dictators and terrorists abroad rather than a "free-for-all" spread. No party truly acting in the interests of human rights can oppose this. Daniel Rhodas Spokesman on defence |
| Date | 19:00:23, March 28, 2012 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Unity Military Proposals |
| Message | What a policy, Mr. Rhodas! Trying to denounce the benefits of the private sector involvement in our armed forces! Have you ever made up your mind to the vast amount of tax money private companies save the taxpayer with their supply of arms? And the free export of weapons ensures profit from abroad, which benefits all of us by bringing in revenue to the state finances! Park Bo-Sung (GNP) Minister of Defence |
| Date | 20:08:41, March 28, 2012 CET | From | Unity | To | Debating the Unity Military Proposals |
| Message | So you consider weapons exports to dictatorships and terrorists perfectly acceptable as long as we get paid? Well, that's a policy I guess... although not one held by anyone holding human rights as something more than an empty catchphrase. And no, the private sector does not save the taxpayers anything, since we still have to purchase the weapons they produce. Daniel Rhodas Spokesman on defence |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 128 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 122 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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