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Bill: Legal Aid Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Monarchist Alliance
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: March 3724
Description[?]:
Due to ongoing persecution, a great many Hosians are in desperate need of legal assistance at the moment, but are unable to access it because they lack the funds. I am therefore calling on the Presidium to take urgent action to ensure everybody has fair access to the legal system. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation is never 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 13:33:30, September 04, 2014 CET | From | People of Freedom (P.F) | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker. There is a time for everything. And this is not the right time for such things. Zach Valentinn LDP Leader and National Spokesperson |
Date | 14:02:16, September 04, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, I would be interested to hear the Honourable Gentleman explain in what sense his party is a "Liberal Democratic Party". So far, they have been anything but liberal and democratic! Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
Date | 14:35:37, September 04, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, Hosians have no right to trial, therefore they have no use for legal representation. We will also add that even if they had use for legal representation, they should pay for it themselves. Why should the state, whose ideology is anti-Hosian, pay for legal representation of Hosians? -- George Huddleson, GNRG Spokesman on Justice |
Date | 23:34:25, September 04, 2014 CET | From | Social Libermuns Party | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, We do not consider Hosians the major benefactors of this law, and consider this a good investment under the new justice system. Rowan Argall The President |
Date | 23:55:40, September 04, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to the parties who have supported this reform. This represents a small but positive step towards a greater appreciation of civil rights in Lodamun. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 380 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 219 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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