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Bill: Military deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aurora Libertatis
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3427
Description[?]:
| The Society for Liberation is convinced that the Realm of Pontesi would be best served by a decentralized, powerful and independent warrior chaste. Here, idealistic good citizens should work together with private entrepreneurs and the government to defend their ground. We shall seek to bring paramilitaries back, but make them heavily regulated. We need to hand over the military to private corporations. The advantages are obvious. Apart from creating obvious freedom of choice for the representatives of the people, an inefficient and corrupt board can be fired. Not so with a bunch of generals and admirals inside a government-run enterprize. As a consequence of this, we shall seek to bring paramilitaries back. There is no logic in outlawing these when all good citizens can own a weapon. The government has a responsibility to intervene when fascists like the M.A.R.C. threaten the human rights of certain groups, but belign paramilitaries should be allowed to exist. As a consequence of military deregulation, we also demand Pontesi's withdrawal from the International Monarchist League (IML) that has never done any good to anyone, that is a force against liberty and justice over all of Terra and which prevents us from achieving true independence. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the The International Monarchist League.
Article 2
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 allowed.
Proposed: The Government leaves this to the army to decide upon.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National military policy.
Old value:: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Current: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Proposed: The government subcontracts semi-military control to private groups.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed as part of each political party.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are allowed as part of each political party.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:19:27, January 14, 2013 CET | From |  Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the Military deregulation Act |
| Message | We see this treaty as a threat to our national security. 1.) We believe that our membership in IML doesn't directly effect our military readiness and strength. As such we do not considered the matter to be related or warrant any consideration. IML membership is a Foreign Affairs matter. 2.) We believe the deployment of land mines is necessary as a deterrent against future Selucian invasion. Especially given continue aggression it had shown against us. 3.) As we seek to maintain a professional, highly skilled, and newly equipped military force, we firmly believe that this military should be moderate size to limit the budget. The rest of the population should act as reserve, but given adequate training for wartime scenario. As such, we also see no reason to privatize national defence which is a matter of the government. 4.) We have no position on the matter of Paramilitary and shall leave it to the discretion of the Defence Ministry. 5.) We believe that the export of arm should be closely monitored, to protect ourself from selling this weapons to terrorist. |
| Date | 18:46:37, January 15, 2013 CET | From | Aurora Libertatis | To | Debating the Military deregulation Act |
| Message | 1. To answer this, may we remind you of your own behaviour inside the IML. According to our reports, you have asked the IML to punish the Imperial Commonwealth of Narikaton and Darnussia because of their ratification of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Pontesi. This sort of behaviour, which the IML treaty legitimises in it's first sentence, is an infringement on sovereignty and might force the young men and women of Pontesi to die for some distant foreign tyrant we have absolutely no reason to get involved with in the future. 2. We see your point as moot. Selucia has shown that it wants nothing but friendly cooperation to solve the issues inside Pontesium, and even if an invasion (most likely to come from "brmek" queranzariah extremist if any), we believe that the government should have enough trust for a free and independent warrior chaste to have freedom of choice on the matter. 3. We are surprised to hear such socialist rhetoric coming from you, that "the government always does it best". Luckily, our variant of socialism doesn't prevent us from seeing the obvious advantages in a balance between public, private and civil/non-profit effectuations. The military is an obvious case of were corporatisation means potentation, private entrepreneurs in the military sector would compete to give the tax-payers the best service for the lowest cost (this logic also works inside publicly funded health care and schooling systems). Never more would our nation be haunted by inefficient officers who live at the taxpayers expense. Socialist market economy at it's finest. 4. Well and good. 5. Since our defence industries are private, there is no reason to worry about this. This could bring a vast number of jobs to Pontesi, from nations were weapon exports are closely monitored. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 167 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 238 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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