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Bill: The Use of Torture in Obtaining Information Proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democrats
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: May 3952
Description[?]:
| The Working Libertarian Party proposes the following changes. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:23:00, December 11, 2015 CET | From | Fatherland Republic | To | Debating the The Use of Torture in Obtaining Information Proposal |
| Message | We oppose this bill for the safety of Mordusia against terrorism and other such dangers. |
| Date | 21:21:48, December 11, 2015 CET | From | Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the The Use of Torture in Obtaining Information Proposal |
| Message | However what about the people that are falsely detained and the people who will just lie to stop the pain |
| Date | 03:08:31, December 12, 2015 CET | From | Fatherland Republic | To | Debating the The Use of Torture in Obtaining Information Proposal |
| Message | We support the current policy because it is better than allowing the police to use at their discretion or never allowing it. |
| Date | 23:48:31, December 12, 2015 CET | From | The Mordusian nationalist party | To | Debating the The Use of Torture in Obtaining Information Proposal |
| Message | Perhaps, yet this still doesn't stop innocent suspects being tortured wrongly. |
| Date | 06:47:25, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Social Democrats | To | Debating the The Use of Torture in Obtaining Information Proposal |
| Message | Torture is inhumane, and we the Working Libertarian Party believe it is in Mordusia's best interests to ban torture from ever being used. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 62 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 43 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 26 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." - John F. Kennedy |