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Bill: Compassion in Prosecution Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Syndicalist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: January 3643
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the administration of law.
Old value:: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Current: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Proposed: There is a uniform system of courts across the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: No curfew policies may be established.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: No DNA is recorded.
Article 4
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 for defendants with low incomes.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:26:36, March 24, 2014 CET | From | New Beluzian Movement | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | We roughly agree with most of this. We believe the functionality of our police force would benefit from lethal weapons ownership, but the restrictions and data gathering motions are repressive and only generate fear rather than passion and fire. |
| Date | 13:19:53, March 27, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | This bill was set to pass before the unneccessary elections. We ask that parties honour that, and allow it to pass now. |
| Date | 13:59:02, March 27, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | "the unneccessary elections" - This shows how out of touch and decrepit the old parties are, not even believing that the glorious people of Beluzia should be represented. Members of the Syndicalist Party should know that one Assembly or Cabinet has no bind on the next. We will judge these bills on their merits, not on fickle attempts to subvert democracy. |
| Date | 14:10:30, March 27, 2014 CET | From | Feministas Verdes | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | We have some minor concerns over the implications of article 3 for the prosecution of violent, however are otherwise supportive of the other proposed changes. |
| Date | 15:12:59, March 27, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | The Syndicalist Party was founded only 6 years ago. To refer to us as "old" is deceitful. This bill has the support of the people of Beluzia, as mandated by the election of 3640. Only Stanton House's backstabbing and opportunism has sought to sabotage bills that were already set to pass. Calling for elections only halfway through an Assembly term for nothing more than partisan advantage is what really subverts and undermines democracy. |
| Date | 16:09:52, March 27, 2014 CET | From | New Beluzian Movement | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | We still stand by the agreement, and we will hold Stanton to it as well. Feministas Verdes have split and betrayed the Movement with their 'green' preservist mentality. We however feel that on some economic and civil matters, they will support us and keep most previous coalition bills supported. |
| Date | 20:13:39, March 27, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | Old is a mindset as well as a chronological fact. You wish for our glorious nation to be forced into perpetual decline, that is "old". |
| Date | 01:20:34, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | No we don't. Stop strawmanning. |
| Date | 12:39:46, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Compassion in Prosecution Bill |
| Message | We simply point our your tired ways to the people of Beluzia. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 448 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 302 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat." - Don Reagan |