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Bill: Dead Horse Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party of Oppressive Liberation
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: September 2051
Description[?]:
| An itemized list of the legslative aggenda of the PPOL. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: The medicinal use of cannabis is illegal.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Current: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; no aid is given to them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:58:42, May 12, 2005 CET | From | People's Party of Oppressive Liberation | To | Debating the Dead Horse Act |
| Message | For your convience, all my planned bills for you to vote down in one swoop. ;) |
| Date | 19:13:07, May 12, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Dead Horse Act |
| Message | Wow - 10 proposals and I disagree with them all. That's impressive. |
| Date | 20:33:28, May 12, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Dead Horse Act |
| Message | @PPOL: You should've kept this in debate. There could've been a compromise from this. Well, probably not, as we disagree with all of these measures. |
| Date | 23:16:54, May 12, 2005 CET | From | People's Party of Oppressive Liberation | To | Debating the Dead Horse Act |
| Message | CSP: As the bill name suggests, these are issues that we have hashed over before, and there is no reason to think the other parties would have changed there stances on these issues. The PPOL feels strongly about them, however, so will continue to bring them up as often as is resonable. |
| Date | 23:24:04, May 12, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Dead Horse Act |
| Message | Fair enough. |
| Date | 17:05:53, May 13, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Dead Horse Act |
| Message | I will vote down all ten of these proposals !!! But making something like this more recent makes the part of population that is in favor gains again. Maybe I should do something the like too... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 79 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 321 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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