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Bill: FJS Party Platform
Details
Submitted by[?]: FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability
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: June 3803
Description[?]:
| All of the laws we believe should change to make the Great Democratic Republic of Lodamun a more free, peaceful and sustainable nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter schools are not allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The Government leaves this to the army to decide upon.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Current: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:47:43, February 17, 2015 CET | From | FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability | To | Debating the FJS Party Platform |
| Message | Given the ten proposal limit, this ended up not being our full platform, but it will begin to establish our presence and position on important issues. While we are fast-tracking this particular bill to a vote, we welcome dialog with other parties on future legislation. Eric Brower, Chair of FJS |
| Date | 00:53:35, February 17, 2015 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the FJS Party Platform |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, My party supports the changes on the abortion law and prayer in schools, but we oppose the bill generally. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Opposition Leader |
| Date | 02:11:56, February 17, 2015 CET | From | FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability | To | Debating the FJS Party Platform |
| Message | Dear Chairman Fertig, Thank you for your reply. We look forward to working with you on a woman's right to choose and ending religious indoctrination of children in schools in the future after my party gains some seats. Assuming the people of our great nation elect us of course. Eric Brower, Chair of FJS |
| Date | 05:40:03, February 17, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the FJS Party Platform |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, our nation has been developing biological weapons for ages. We obviously can't agree on the proposal never to store that sort of weapons. We haven't used any of these weapons in the past and do not intend to, but it wouls be a shame to let go of decades of research. Emmanuel Puttemans Minister of Defence |
| Date | 05:51:49, February 17, 2015 CET | From | FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability | To | Debating the FJS Party Platform |
| Message | Minister Puttemans, With all due respect, biological weapons are banned by many international treaties (which we should ratify following our getting rid of them) because they are virtually impossible to control and don't discriminate. A disease infects soldiers and civilians alike. We agree that we shouldn't hinder research into medicine, but we believe our biological weapons program should be terminated as a gesture of good faith to our neighbors in the international community. Eric Brower, Chair of FJS |
| Date | 11:24:34, February 17, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the FJS Party Platform |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, one could also state that we store biological weapons in order to conduct research to look for a defensive system in case biological weapons are being used against us. Emmanuel Puttemans Minister of Defence |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 262 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 337 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "I am loyal to the ideas, not to the institutions." - Cyro Aquila, former Selucian politician |