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Bill: Diplomatic Immunity Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvische Partei
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: October 3286
Description[?]:
| The current legislation is awful. If a foreign diplomat commits a capital offence, then let him swing. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Old value:: The Government grants full diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are protected from arrests and prosecution from all laws and are protected from civil lawsuits, but may be expelled.
Current: Diplomats are exempt from prosecution for criminal acts but not from civil lawsuits, but may still be expelled because of criminal acts.
Proposed: The government grants no diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are subject to arrest and prosecution and civil action under all laws of the host nation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:48:30, April 09, 2012 CET | From | Sozialistische Neuwirtschaftspartei | To | Debating the Diplomatic Immunity Bill |
| Message | A diplomat, how important he may be, is still a human. And in the society of today, there are the same rights and duties for every human. So why there should not be the same laws for diplomats? |
| Date | 16:27:41, April 09, 2012 CET | From | Konservative Volkspartei | To | Debating the Diplomatic Immunity Bill |
| Message | KV is in agreement with DP on this issue, if somebody commits a crime in Dorvik, they deserve full punishment regardless of their citizenship or political status. |
| Date | 22:46:27, April 09, 2012 CET | From | Hosian-Konservative Allianz | To | Debating the Diplomatic Immunity Bill |
| Message | Herr Speaker, You are condemning Dorvik to diplomatic death, it is obvious you are trying to destroy this country. |
| Date | 23:02:04, April 09, 2012 CET | From | Hosian-Konservative Allianz | To | Debating the Diplomatic Immunity Bill |
| Message | OOC: Also if this passes, we would likely not be allowed into many diplomatic treaties, thus leaving us out of a large portion of the RP. |
| Date | 11:46:46, April 10, 2012 CET | From | Dorvische Partei | To | Debating the Diplomatic Immunity Bill |
| Message | We are trying to protect this country from foreign scum. The current laws protects murderers and other vile people, if repealing it condemns us to diplomatic death, then we will be better for it. Only law abiding foreigners should be allowed to work at foreign embassies. ooc: There are plenty of diplomatic treaties that do not require us to limit our own domestic policy settings. The DP is an isolationist party, it is entirely logical, and fits in with our RP, that we would not protect Majatran peadophiles or Seleyen murderers. Or indeed anyone from Kirlawa. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 459 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 41 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
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