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Bill: Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724
Details
Submitted by[?]: Great National Republican Guard
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: April 3724
Description[?]:
| Re-proposing Article 8 of the Stability Act: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=416518 Lodamun had this law before, and we didn't have major problems with instability or international backlash. We must consider that: - a state-owned media organisation wouldn't bash the state - only a private media organisation would bash the state - private media organisations are run by private funds - criticism of the government (through mass media) will more likely be from the wealthy than from the common man - the Presidium is democratically-elected by the people, and speaks and acts on behalf of the people - anything that "the government" doesn't approve of is something that "the people" don't approve of |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:01:35, September 05, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | This Bill would go a long way towards finally destroying the last traces of democratic freedom remaining in Lodamun. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
| Date | 19:17:57, September 05, 2014 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, if the people elect a Presidium, that means that they agree with the way of work of that Presidium. If people would not agree, it would mean that some parties wouldn't get any votes in next elections. We believe that everything went fine in Lodamun, untill some critics wanted to change it all. Now it is up to the so called dictators to set things straigth again... Maria Murphy-Spaak representative for the Presidium for LNC |
| Date | 19:27:42, September 05, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Honourable Gentleman should consider that in order to make an informed opinion about how to vote for members of the Presidium, citizens need access access to a media containing a broad range of opinion - something that will be impossible under this proposed law. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
| Date | 19:28:19, September 05, 2014 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This Presidium is the central organ of the people's democracy. This bill is the best way to ensure that there will be democracy in the media. Without it, there will be wealthy minority groups who are over-represented, and exaggerations of simple issues can harm the nation's stability. The CMA knows that most citizens disagree with them, and fear that passage of this bill won't allow their petty issues to seem like national events. Their only interest is destabilising our Great Democratic Republic in order to establish their Hosian-backed monarchy. They do this by putting lies in the media, and attracting negative international attention to the entire country. They are responsible for Lodamun's problems, and this bill will help to fix that. -- George Huddleson, GNRG Spokesman on Justice |
| Date | 23:57:53, September 05, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The attitude demonstrated by George Huddleson's comments revels just how warped his mindset is. Does he really imagine the CMA are somehow the source of Lodamun's problems? He ought to be looking rather closer to home. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
| Date | 00:06:19, September 06, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The source of Lodamun's current problems is the ability of the closet Hosians in the CMA to spread propaganda to get the world to sympathise with them. They know that things will change when this bill is passed. -- Gordon Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
| Date | 10:42:50, September 06, 2014 CET | From | Social Libermuns Party | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We find a lot of the talk in these bills problematic. We were hoping to be a little more hands off this term, but we're not finding a lot of reason to do so. We've been more than fair in our dealings thus far. Do not make us regret our kindness. Our government is stable. We think that the current seats that parties hold show Lodamun's position in a clear manner. Especially on the actions they want the government to take. For instance, the GNRG has unique positions in relation to other parties. As such if there was a majority of Lodamun that wanted Stability Bills in place, the GNRD would have majority. They do not. ~ Rowan Argall The President |
| Date | 14:29:18, September 06, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The current seats do not show stability. There is only one party in the cabinet, and it doesn't have a majority; it has less than 27% of the seats. We promised that this bill would guarantee a cooldown of international backlash against certain things. We experienced that in the past, but the SLP doesn't trust us. We don't get the flip-flops in the SLP. They complain about issues, but they do nothing to fix them. They think that everything will just be perfect and work itself out. They implement ridiculous liberalised policies without thinking of their effects. Lodamun was fine before liberalisation. Once it was liberalised, we started having stability problems and international backlash. Congrats. -- Gordon Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
| Date | 14:46:53, September 06, 2014 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, there are currently laws against hate speech and falsehood of information, but that didn't prevent the Hosians to put our nation in a crisis and secondly to get the public opinion against us. For decades we were an example in Terra. Since the liberal changes made during the reign of SLP, we are considered monsters in some countries. Have we changed? Not in the least! Just because we reacted against all these accusations, we are the victims but we are seen as the bad guys. I, for one, cannot believe that you people want to keep up with that shit. Lodamun is in serious trouble. We need to get this situation under control. And although we are trying, we feel that some MP's prefer to continue on the path SLP took a couple of years ago. Paul Murphy-Spaak LNC chairman |
| Date | 15:43:37, September 06, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Stability Act - Media Regulations - 3724 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I agree with the LNC Chairman. The SLP isn't willing to take responsibility for the current situation in Lodamun, despite being the only party in government, and they don't want to do anything to fix the problems either. -- Gordon Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 236 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 281 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 82 |
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