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Bill: Strengthening Military Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Liberal Party of Dranland
Status[?]: defeated
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: March 3438
Description[?]:
| Our Military needs nuclear power and other kinds of WMD. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
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 reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
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 can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:23:58, February 07, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we are glad that the Greens have decided to acknowledge the need for a strong deterrent as part of our army's arsenal, however we will have to vote no on this bill solely due to the ill-considered article 3, which we deem unacceptable from a freedom-minded point of view. Furthermore, a military is always stronger if it is made up by professional soldiers rather than citizens who have been obliged by the state to join the troops. Ishiro Tanaka MP Member for Magadonia Minister of Defence |
| Date | 01:09:17, February 08, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I am shocked and appalled that the Greens are betraying the people who helped get them elected by espousing such irresponsible militarist policies. The Greens are meant to care about human welfare and the environment. Do they have any idea how horrendous chemical and biological weapons can be, and how damaging they can be to to the environment? Mr. Speaker, we in the Democratic Socialist Party have always been and always will be totally and implacably opposed to development, possession and use of these deadly and evil - yes, evil! - weapons. Shame on the Greens for proposing this, and shame on them for betraying their voters. Antonio Benandez MP (Leader of the DSP |
| Date | 01:22:43, February 08, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker We deny the notion, we betrayed our voters but as a proof of what Mr.Benandez suggest is wrong,here is a poll on Greens voters in the issue of Military :http://postimage.org/image/q3vwkxoq1/ |
| Date | 01:23:15, February 08, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | Georgia McCormick MP from Elbian Leader of Greens Parliamentary |
| Date | 02:11:34, February 08, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | OOC: Interesting poll. According to that, only 47.6% of Green voters were pacifist. I would have expect it to be higher, given that the Greens are officially "moderate pacifist". |
| Date | 02:15:03, February 08, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | OOC:Me too |
| Date | 02:24:59, February 08, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | OOC: Just looked at the DSP's figures...59.5% of our voters were pacifists. |
| Date | 16:19:05, February 08, 2013 CET | From | P.A.R.D | To | Debating the Strengthening Military Act |
| Message | Mr.Speaker,This is a very appealing idea.We can finally agree. Francisco Salazar MBSM |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 54 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 345 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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