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Bill: Passport Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom 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: January 2169
Description[?]:
| Considering that Rutanians have a Right to mobility, including the right to travel abroad; Affirming that the government therefore has no business restricting the right of its own nationals to travel to other countries; Considering that passports are a vital element of travelling abroad; Convinced that restrictions on and bureaucracy related to obtaining a passport are therefore undesirable; Resolves that the Federal Government will always issue a passport to Rutanian nationals upon request; |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after an invasive security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:40:43, January 07, 2006 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | No, we do not want Rutania to become a harbour for terrorists. Surely a simple cursory check is not "restricting rights", it's just making sure they are not engaged in illegal actions. |
| Date | 16:41:50, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | The RDSP is confused with immigration policies. This bill is directed at Rutanian nationals who wish to travel abroad. We feel that the Federal government should *never* put undue barriers on Rutanian nationals who wish to leave the country. |
| Date | 16:51:56, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | RSDP* |
| Date | 22:24:35, January 07, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | I know that, but Rutanian citizens can be terrorists as well. ;-) |
| Date | 23:13:09, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | If there is a concrete suspicion that a Rutanian citizen is a terrorist then the police is always allowed to detain this person, both under the current law and under this proposal. |
| Date | 10:19:01, January 08, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | Well, how can you determine whether there is a concrete suspicion if the State is not even allowed to know whether the person travels abroad, etc.. ? |
| Date | 13:55:45, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | The Law is fine as is. |
| Date | 14:18:58, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | Suspicion for involvement in criminal activities should arise from a criminal investigation, not from the mere simple fact that a Rutanian wishes to have a passport so that he or she may travel abroad at some point, surely? |
| Date | 17:06:08, January 10, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | I'd like to point out that quite a few parties are flip-flopping again, no doubt because they fear the uncrowned "King of Rutania". :rolleyes: |
| Date | 21:19:47, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Passport Reform Act |
| Message | ...? That makes no sense. If I "feared" RFP then why did I directly oppose him in public over who got the leadership of the Freedom Coalition? You stupid assertions are senseless and wrong. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 409 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 118 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 43 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "I'll see you in the Palace in Kivonia once we win this war... and I'm ecstatic to be the one to execute you. Sleep well." - Queen Annalise, former Telamonese monarch |