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Bill: Anti-Ignorance Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Ecology 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: June 2166
Description[?]:
| All individuals should have the basic right to appeal the decision rendered by a court. This will hopefully ensure that innocent individuals are truly proved innocent and guilty individuals are proved guilty. To apply the death penalty for minor crimes is pointless. Killing someone simply for robbery, or any similar crime, is a waste. They simply need correcting, so they can better handle themselves in society. It is ridiculous and goes against humanity and basic common sense to enslave anyone, even if they are from another country. Slavery is illegal in Quanzari, so even POWs shouldn't be enslaved. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: All judgements are final and binding; appealing against them is not possible.
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 against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are enslaved.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:31:07, January 04, 2006 CET | From | National Farmers' Party | To | Debating the Anti-Ignorance Act |
| Message | I only agree with Article 1 and this bill has nothing to do with ignorance. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 392 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 224 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 50 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |