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Bill: Limited Appeal Act of 3719
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Steel and the Gray
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: November 3719
Description[?]:
| All Rutanians will have the right to appeal verdicts directly to the Minister of Justice; each province shall appoint an appropriate number (based on population) of judges to act on the Minister of Justice's behalf when he or she isn't available to listen to the appeal directly. The Minister of Justice will reserve the right to have final appeal on all matters. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Current: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Proposed: Every person has the right to appeal to the Minister of Justice to have a judgement reviewed by another court.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:44:48, August 27, 2014 CET | From | The Steel and the Gray | To | Debating the Limited Appeal Act of 3719 |
| Message | Madam Speaker -- We believe the the Ministry of Justice should have more direct say over how and when appeals are granted in our country. Too many judges have taken their own personal feelings into the courtroom, and appeals seem to be granted or not granted based on the temper of the time. These are decidedly dangerous practices that should be discouraged. We believe that the Minister of Justice, in his or her wisdom, should be entrusted with these decisions to ensure their objectivity. Sincerely, The Steel and the Gray |
| Date | 17:53:06, August 27, 2014 CET | From | UNSC (ONI) | To | Debating the Limited Appeal Act of 3719 |
| Message | Madam Speaker For the Minister himself to personally oversee every appeal would take up all his or her time. Maybe instead a panel of judges should be selected to handle the appeals, so that there would be multiple votes on every appeal and the Minister's time could be better spent. |
| Date | 18:39:48, August 27, 2014 CET | From | The Steel and the Gray | To | Debating the Limited Appeal Act of 3719 |
| Message | Members of Parliament -- I am open to this amendment; the purpose of this bill is to eliminate the arduous and often conflicted appeals process. If we implement a uniform court system across our nation, the Minster of Justice can then appoint a panel of appeals judges to hear appeals in his or her absence. I see this bill and the uniform court system bill going hand-in-hand with each other -- but I separated them to allow each article to be voted on separately. Katherine Freunlich, PM |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 158 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 184 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 97 |
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