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Bill: Competition in Communications Act, amended
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Democratic Party
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: December 2157
Description[?]:
| Our telephone and post office monopolies have resulted in inefficiency, pathetic coverage, and a very low standard of service. We propose to solve this problem by introducing competition. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:54:06, December 15, 2005 CET | From | Inrala Panjoregu Kiokutou (DPP) | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | We will support this bill. |
| Date | 10:03:03, December 15, 2005 CET | From | Inrala no Ikolowagitou (Green) | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | Regulation of private postal services is necessary, otherwise they will serve the cities and neglect the rural areas. If you could amend article 2 to that effect, then we would support. |
| Date | 00:29:34, December 16, 2005 CET | From | Populist Islamic Workers' League | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | No. We have provided free telephone lines to Indralans for decades; we see no reason to take this away from our people. Secondly, we support public ownership and so we are opposed to all privatisation. |
| Date | 03:58:35, December 16, 2005 CET | From | Radical Democratic Party | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | To the Green Party's objection - wouldn't the rural areas have the option of using the nationalised post office? |
| Date | 15:31:09, December 16, 2005 CET | From | Inrala no Ikolowagitou (Green) | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | The national post office, then, would become marginalised as the only provider on the less profitable routes. By all means allow competition, but the rival offices must offer a full service. |
| Date | 15:53:26, December 16, 2005 CET | From | Radical Democratic Party | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | Isn't that the current situation anyway? The national post office receives tax money to support service on unprofitable routes. Its private competitors will not. |
| Date | 04:04:38, December 17, 2005 CET | From | Inrala no Ikolowagitou (Green) | To | Debating the Competition in Communications Act, amended |
| Message | No, the Post office is currently self-funding. The users of the service in all locations pay the cost of providing a comprehensive network. Moving to a tax-based model would shift some of that cost onto non-users of the service which we would consider to be unfair. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 112 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 25 |
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