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Bill: Civilian Service Act, 3914
Details
Submitted by[?]: Folkepartiet (People's Party)
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: May 3915
Description[?]:
| AN ACT to introduce a term of civilian service with a voluntary or public organisation for every Kazulian citizen reaching the age of 18. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:12:56, September 29, 2015 CET | From | Høyre (Right Vote!) | To | Debating the Civilian Service Act, 3914 |
| Message | Support! I am happy that Folkepartiet change their mind on this question! Because last time when Høyre propose Bill: National Military Act they vote no. |
| Date | 19:18:53, September 29, 2015 CET | From | Folkepartiet (People's Party) | To | Debating the Civilian Service Act, 3914 |
| Message | Herr President, I'm increasingly worried about the decline of the value of citizenship in our society: the idea that you don't just live for yourself and your own environment, but also contribute towards the general well-being of Kazulmark. The decline of decency and manners isn't just a thing in Storting, but in our society at-large. I ask my colleagues to think about this: how often nowadays do you see a youngster rising to let a pensioner have their seat on a bus? How often, indeed, do we see the slightest consideration for our fellow Kazulian, even if he is wrong, for example if he doesn't give way when we should? I am worried that our society is growing increasingly rough and coarse. That is why today, we are bringing a bill before Storting to mandate civilian service for all Kazulians upon completion of schooling. I think the problem is a lack of perspective. Thinking back to my own childhood, a major influence that made me realise not everyone in this country had it as good, that not everyone was as independent from others as we often assume, came from seeing my father's contribution to the lifes of many less fortunate citizens. I don't just mean the poor - I mean elderly people who were lonely because their loved ones had all passed away, and sick people in need of comfort. Seeing my father do all that made me realise that no matter how good I had it, there would always be people less well off than myself. If we give more young people that perspective - if we introduce a civilian national service that puts them in touch with the poor, the elderly in care homes, asylum seekers desperate to integrate into our society - that we'll be able to stop our society from going in the wrong direction. I call upon Storting to consider this, and reinforce citizenship in Kazulmark. Nelline Opland (FP - Dreton) FP Leader |
| Date | 19:21:18, September 29, 2015 CET | From | Folkepartiet (People's Party) | To | Debating the Civilian Service Act, 3914 |
| Message | Herr President, To consider colleague Clausen's comment: our opposition to that act had nothing to do with national service, but with the endorsement of certain rather objectionable weapons also contained within that bill. We have always been in favour of national service, especially when that service has a societal rather than a military nature and serves the goal of social cohesion that has always been a priority for us. Nelline Opland (FP - Dreton) FP Leader |
| Date | 20:07:00, September 29, 2015 CET | From | Borgerlig-Demokratiske Union | To | Debating the Civilian Service Act, 3914 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, this bill reveals the paternalist instincts of FP - when they say that "we" must "give a perspective", all she means is that the state must impose a certain idea of citizenship based on the idea that individuals are generally wretched and unsympathetic. Mr Speaker, the best way of reviving a sense of solidarity between people is to loosen dependency on the welfare state, which has, through its gradual expansion, successively substituted traditional networks and institutions of charity. Johan Theisen FV Parliamentary Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 70 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 8 |
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