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Bill: Dranish Foreign Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Koalisjon for frigjøring
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 3493
Description[?]:
| Our current Foreign Policy is abysmal and isolutionist. Just because some flawed ideologues, wants to live isolated from humanity doesn't mean whole Dranskland approves this move. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Old value:: The Government grants full diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are protected from arrests and prosecution from all laws and are protected from civil lawsuits, but may be expelled.
Current: The Government grants full diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are protected from arrests and prosecution from all laws and are protected from civil lawsuits, but may be expelled.
Proposed: Diplomats are exempt from prosecution for criminal acts but not from civil lawsuits, but may still be expelled because of criminal acts.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Current: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Proposed: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome but no financial aid is given to them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:42:28, May 31, 2013 CET | From | Centre Democrats | To | Debating the Dranish Foreign Policy |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We cannot support this bill since article 2 is inhumane, we cannot just let people poor, weak and severely damaged people come in to Dranland and not give them any support what so ever. We will therefore abstain. Fatma Aziz (R) Spokesperson for Immigration |
| Date | 17:33:51, May 31, 2013 CET | From | Koalisjon for frigjøring | To | Debating the Dranish Foreign Policy |
| Message | Mr Speaker We are aware of that article 2 is inhumane but so as some Dranish parties and we feeled that we need to compromise. Patrick Maddocks MP MPD Caucus Chairman Leader of MPD |
| Date | 17:56:06, May 31, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Dranish Foreign Policy |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we are not in favor of article 1 and article 2. Foreign aid should not be converted into massive cross-border redistribution, and article 2 is a change for the worse compared to the status quo. Gwendolyn Hayforth-Breckinridge MP Member for Ulbrach RFR Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman |
| Date | 18:42:37, May 31, 2013 CET | From | Centre Democrats | To | Debating the Dranish Foreign Policy |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We have discussed the bill once more and have decided to support it, since it after all is better than status quo, we would however still wish to see article two changed. Fatma Aziz (R) Spokesperson for Immigration |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 121 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 211 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 67 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." - Thomas Jefferson |