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Bill: Freedom and Liberty for Likatonia
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian Party
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: December 3291
Description[?]:
| Whereas: The government of Likatonia has systematically and deliberately chopped away the traditional freedoms enjoyed by the people of Likatonia and, These freedoms are what has made our nation the great leader in ecomonic growth and personal happiness it was; Therefore: We introduce the following proposals to begin to restore freedom, liberty, and dignity to the peoples of Likatonia and to allow our nation to regain its place in the world as a freedom loving country: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns all defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors are not allowed to invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Current: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: The Head of State oversees the appointment of all mayors.
Current: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Proposed: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Article 8
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 may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donation is universal and compulsory.
Current: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Proposed: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Surrendering enemy combatants are summarily executed.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:12:35, April 17, 2012 CET | From | Nacionālistu Tautas Partija Likatonija | To | Debating the Freedom and Liberty for Likatonia |
| Message | TREASON! |
| Date | 00:33:19, April 18, 2012 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom and Liberty for Likatonia |
| Message | Treason never prospers: For this is the reason, If the action prospers Then none dare call it treason. The people rule! |
| Date | 00:42:51, April 18, 2012 CET | From | Nacionālistu Tautas Partija Likatonija | To | Debating the Freedom and Liberty for Likatonia |
| Message | The communist subversives - their supposed 'libertarianism' is but a convenient cover - of the AM will be crushed mercilessly. Slava Sokoloff! |
| Date | 20:18:39, April 18, 2012 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom and Liberty for Likatonia |
| Message | That has been tried before, and Axis Mundi has always survived. We are the true voice of the people! The People Rule! General Bart (Bat) Guano, Ret. Spokesman for the AM Radical Libertarian Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 199 | |
| no | Total Seats: 102 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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