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Bill: Public Interest Disclosure Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido Nacional
Status[?]: passed
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: November 3708
Description[?]:
| This bill is our promised "Whistleblowers' Charter", establishing a statutory Public Interest Disclosure Committee to protect civil servants from being discriminated against for leaking confidential information in cases where "the benefit to the public interest in doing so is less than the harm caused by the release of the information". We hope this bill will prevent a repeat of situations like the recent one, where the Foreign Minister tried to intimidate civil servants for leaking information pertaining to the unpaid parking fines accrued by foreign diplomats attached to embassies stationed in our capital. Victorino Santillian Delegate Speaker Partido Nacional |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:52:51, August 06, 2014 CET | From | Sindicato Obrero Libre | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | Honourable Members of the Asamblea Federal, This is an attack on the state and institution of the government of the Federal Union of Gaduridos. In my case, the Department of Foreign Affairs must handle delicate situation diplomatically with foreign counterparts. This will essentially become a tool to disparage the government in power by power hungry and partisan zealots that happen to have a position in Government. We can compromise on the creation of a information disclosure desk in government or in the ministry, where civil servants can go with complaints and comments. This will of course be handled correctly and internally. This in the interest of protecting the institution of the Government, and protecting the people of Gaduridos. Harmful information that can be dealt with peacefully need not be in the media, where the enemies of Gaduridos can rally around. Danki, Minister Joaquin Nava Department of Foreign Affairs |
| Date | 03:14:01, August 06, 2014 CET | From | Dark-Light Green Communist Party | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | We are very happy to agree with the partido nacional, as we said, we believe wistleblowing should be a human right and a protected right in our constitution, this right is vital in the establishment of our communist utopia, we are happy to support this bill Hermaphrodite Zio Solares, Leader of the Dark-Light Communist Party |
| Date | 05:04:44, August 06, 2014 CET | From | Progressive Workers of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | The PWG will support measures that protect whistle-blowers from being prosecuted for whistle-blowing. We, however, also feel the need to subject whistle-blowers to the same law that media adhere too in regards to publishing proven falsehoods. |
| Date | 18:32:10, August 06, 2014 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | Senor Presidente, We are not surprised that the Foreign Minister is opposing protections for genuine whistleblowers, because he himself is part of the reason we need those protections in the first place. It is shameful that our government ministers are so arrogant as to think they have the right to intimidate civil servants in the way that they do. Victorino Santillian Delegate Speaker Partido Nacional |
| Date | 02:48:42, August 08, 2014 CET | From | Dark-Light Green Communist Party | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | of course, we agree with the PWG |
| Date | 13:52:16, August 10, 2014 CET | From | Sindicato Obrero Libre | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | Sr. Presidente, With the passing of this resolution by a constitutional majority, Gaduridos has become weaker. We might as well start calling it the 'Federal Disunion of Gaduridos' as we support the potential disparaging of the government from the within, due purely for political points and partisan gains, regardless of the harm it will do to the government. Danki, Calvin Mason Delegate Speaker Union Socialism Alliance |
| Date | 20:26:38, August 10, 2014 CET | From | Partido Nacional | To | Debating the Public Interest Disclosure Act |
| Message | Senor Presidente, I wish to reassure the Honourable Gentleman that the Public Interest Disclosure Committee is charged to only support the actions of civil servants where "the benefit to the public interest in doing so is less than the harm caused by the release of the information". Victorino Santillian Delegate Speaker Partido Nacional |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 135 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 64 |
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