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Bill: Confessional Republic II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nrljogadé Prta
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 3869
Description[?]:
| An act to further the principle of Confessionalism on which the Ahmadi Republic is founded. Additional power is devolved to Barmenia's religious communities, granting them full control over their own citizens. Additionally, in order to avoid the control of one community over another, the armed forces shall be fully confessionalized, and each community shall maintain its own separate military and police forces. In order to better implement the principles of Ahmadi democratic republicanism, each community shall be governed in a democratic fashion, abolishing the Knsbék system used under the old Caliphate and replacing that position with an elected Meclis. All citizens belonging to a particular Kns will have the right to vote for its Meclis. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The appointment of mayors.
Old value:: Citizens elect their mayor directly in a local election.
Current: Mayors are elected by their municipal councils.
Proposed: Local governments determine the method of appointment.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Titles of nobility.
Old value:: Titles of nobility are not granted, but their use is not forbidden.
Current: No titles of nobility are granted or recognised, their use is forbidden.
Proposed: Titles of nobility may be granted only by the nation's religious leaders.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: County
Current: Governorate (Walîtî)
Proposed: Pshalyk (Pashalik)
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed with full privileges, with the right to intervene when necessary.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are allowed with full privileges, with the right to intervene when necessary.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National military policy.
Old value:: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Current: The government retains a part time, professional army, navy and air force in alignment with paramilitary groups
Proposed: The government assigns military control to local governments
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: Health care is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for all citizens.
Proposed: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: Religious doctrine determines the death penalty.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Current: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Proposed: Judicial corporal punishment that causes permanent injury (eg. mutilation) is legal.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Public executions (if death penalty is legal).
Old value:: Executions are always carried out in private; only necessary personnel are allowed to be present, which might include spiritual advisers.
Current: Executions are always carried out in private; however, family members, the victim and the victim's relatives are allowed to be present.
Proposed: Local government decide the legality of public executions.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Current: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: A single private company owns and maintains the national power grid.
Proposed: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:22:55, June 30, 2015 CET | From | D'alyaa Aemoataa | To | Debating the Confessional Republic II |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Caliphate has not existed for a long time. We have had a brief period, and then a Republic before this dower theocracy. You dare stand here, and promise peace as you ensure sectarian warfare? We are just recovering from a Kathuran minority government brought on by the collapse of the last 'great' Ahmadi confessionalist plan- why does the Government plan now, beyond death and religon cloaked reconciliation? Scrap this farce, Mr. Speaker. Eliminate this stain on our nation. Rebekka Ester |
| Date | 12:09:44, June 30, 2015 CET | From | Nrljogadé Prta | To | Debating the Confessional Republic II |
| Message | The confessional system of the Caliphate was however never abolished. This bill will implement a more democratic form of government for our various Kns while ensuring that they will be provided suitable defense. The Caliphate did not collapse because of confessionalism, it collapsed because of the genocide perpetrated against the Felinists. That genocide could have been avoided if the Felinists had been armed, which is exactly what this bill aims to offer to all major communities. Husn Jazdsrmko Utrji Wazír of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 15:08:41, July 01, 2015 CET | From | D'alyaa Aemoataa | To | Debating the Confessional Republic II |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Confessionalist system was in effect abolished via statute under the Apostolic Restoration Act, which itself has never been abolished. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 90 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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