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Bill: Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Urban Party of Rutania
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 3531
Description[?]:
| [PREAMBLE] While Rutania has not been the recipient of a terrorist attack, our history suggests that we have had organizations and people who wish to cause our way of life harm. With that in mind, we feel that it is the duty of the government to protect its citizens from people and/or groups whose sole purpose is to interrupt the Rutanian way of life by causing mass chaos. Therefore, we present the Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act) as a means to deal with enemies of the state internally. [PROVISIONS] Article I. - Warrantless Wiretaps on Individuals/Institutions I. The government shall have the right to use wiretaps against people it deems as such qualify. II. The Ministry of Justice shall carry out the wiretaps. III. A 5-member council made up of Judges not affiliated with the government shall approve or deny the government's request. IV. Legality -While there is a law which allows for an individual's right to privacy, this law shall supersede that right in certain cases. -Such cases occur when the pretext of "terrorism" or "enemy of the state" is used by the government as a means of justifying such actions. Article II. - Warrantless Raids on Institutions I. The Ministry of Internal Affairs in conjunction with the Military shall be authorized to conduct raids on institutions deemed as "terrorist organizations" by the government. II. A military tribunal shall approve or deny any request on raiding an institution. III. Legality -The government may use the pretext of "terrorism" or "enemies of the state" as a means of justifying such actions. Article III. - Deportation of Immigrants Suspected of Terrorism I. Immigrants suspected of terrorism shall be immediately deported back to their home nations without a trial. Article IV. - Declaration of Hacking as a Terrorist Activity I. Any persons who hack, knowingly leak and/or aid in such activities that give the public access to classified government documents shall be deemed an "enemy of the state". II. The Ministry of Justice shall have jurisdiction over such cases involving hacking and their subsequent punishment. Article V. - Seizure of Data Records I. Any person who is under the suspicion of being a terrorist shall have their data records seized by the government without their knowledge II. Legality -While there is a law which allows for an individual's right to privacy, this law shall supersede that right in certain cases. -Such cases occur when the pretext of "terrorism" or "enemy of the state" is used by the government as a means of justifying such actions. [APPENDIX] I. The present bill shall be adopted with 2/3 majority by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Rutania 1. Amending this bill will require a 2/3 majority 2. Repealing this bill will require a 2/3 majority II. This law will come into effect approximately 12 months after its passage. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:10:32, August 12, 2013 CET | From | Sunbeam Squad | To | Debating the Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Terrorism has been a persistent problem in Rutania, that much could be admitted. However, it does not follow that we must attenuate civil liberties to defend ourselves from "terrorism", which as you may have noticed is an abstract word, signifying an abstract concept, that can be defined to include almost any action that the government disapproves of; similarly "terrorist" could be defined as any person the government disapproves of. If this law is passed, no one will be safe from government overreach--from government-sponsored terrorism. If this bill passes it will create government sanctified terrorism. Terrorism is defined as "the systematic use of terror"; and if the government is given powers over the life and death of every Rutanian, powers to remove their privacy, to remove their personal space from the reach of government--then Rutanians will live in fear and terror. This bill furthermore will obstruct government accountability. Article IV will make whistle-blowing illegal; and if that is so, how are the people to know when the government abuses is power? Clearly not enough precautions have been taken to protect Rutanians from government abuse. And in Article I, section 3--if the panel is not affiliated with the government, who shall it be affiliated with? Is the panel to be elected or selected in secret? And is a five-member panel--and I stress *five-member*--sufficient to hold life and death powers over potentially every Rutanian?This provision is absurd. In fact, this entire bill is absurd. Worse than absurd--it is toxic. The SS will never support. Amelia Granger SS Ldr |
| Date | 21:12:45, August 12, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, - We support articles 1, 2 and 5. - Article 3 is just an atrocity and shall be removed from this act to get the support of the Democratic Union. - We partially support article number 4: --- Only the persons who have leaked information that would clearly help terrorism should be deemed an "enemy of the state". --- The government should only classify documents that would clearly help terrorism, like militar movements or reports about terrorist groups or individuals. Hacking and leaking of regular government documents should be absolutelly legal, since our people has got the right to be informed about the movements of their government. Johnny Hidaka, DU Internal Affairs manager. |
| Date | 22:20:31, August 12, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act) |
| Message | OOC: (1) "Those that will GIVE UP liberty for SECURITY deserve NEITHER!!!" ---"Founding Father" Benjamin Franklin--- (2) "This is how LIBERTY DIES...with THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE!!!" ---Padmé Amidala from "Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith Lord" IC: --Capitalist Working Families Party Spokesman |
| Date | 02:20:52, August 14, 2013 CET | From | Urban Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The UPR will likely wait until after the election before moving this to a vote. Marta Wilson UPR Congressional Leader |
| Date | 00:59:47, August 16, 2013 CET | From | National Purity Union | To | Debating the Combating and Eliminating Rogue Institutions and Peoples Act (CERIP Act) |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, While we agree that the security apparatus for Rutania may err too far in the direction of allowing potential threats to act, this bill goes too far. More oversight is needed. -Ron Silvermage, Parliamentary Spokesman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 66 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 421 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 68 |
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