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Bill: Legal Aid for the Poor Act of 3316
Details
Submitted by[?]: Chann National Party (CNP)
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 3317
Description[?]:
| The State should not be liable to cover legal costs for the wealthy or those who can comfortably afford it. State Legal Aid should only be given to those who cannot afford costly legal processes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Current: Legal representation is never paid for by the state.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:02:11, June 08, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Solentia | To | Debating the Legal Aid for the Poor Act of 3316 |
| Message | State legal aid should be provided to everyone, Despite income, furthermore income should be constant there is no room for "rich" and "poor". |
| Date | 19:40:07, June 09, 2012 CET | From | Chann National Party (CNP) | To | Debating the Legal Aid for the Poor Act of 3316 |
| Message | But income is not constant and would never be so in reality... the reality now is that there is such a thing as rich and poor and we cannot turn a blind eye to that. Those who can afford to pay for their own legal aid should do so. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 333 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 92 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "Zardugal. . . very successfully almost managed to implement democracy on a global scale, a millennia ago. With a seat in the Security Council we can do it again." - Phoebe Ĥoniato, former Zardic politician |