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Bill: To Change The Assembly Laws
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green 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: September 3960
Description[?]:
| As of current, the rights of people to assemble is a basic human one. However, during a state of emergency for the nation, police should be able to disperse crowds of people. This way, our nation can stay safe in times of emergency as well as preventing damage from being done in the case of a terrorist attack. Please discuss this bill. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:42:10, December 27, 2015 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the To Change The Assembly Laws |
| Message | This would be a reasonable change to the law. We will support this bill. |
| Date | 05:31:20, December 28, 2015 CET | From | Bailonese Council Communist Party (BCCP) | To | Debating the To Change The Assembly Laws |
| Message | If citizens cannot assemble in groups during a state of emergency, then police as citizens as well (implying they are also below the "law") should not assemble in groups either. Furthermore, then there shall be no church congregations, no meetings in parliament, no family gatherings, none whatsoever. If it truly came to that, we do not believe there would be much of a point relying on a police force since the terrorists would have already won. |
| Date | 07:46:59, December 28, 2015 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the To Change The Assembly Laws |
| Message | I'm not sure I follow your logic in this debate. A crowd being defined as a group of people in a public place is what we are basing this legislation off of. A national emergency is simply that, an emergency. There can still be church gatherings, parliamentary meetings, and family gatherings. All this legislation will do is give the police the power to disperse crowds off the streets assuming their is a terrorist attack or natural disaster. We are not letting the terrorists win, we are protecting our citizens in the case of an attack or natural disaster. |
| Date | 20:42:28, December 28, 2015 CET | From | Bailonese Council Communist Party (BCCP) | To | Debating the To Change The Assembly Laws |
| Message | Protecting citizens by taking their rights away temporarily? Maybe you should have your rights taken away, of course only temporarily, or however long it takes for you to gain sympathy. When we cut some trees down for fire wood, we will think especially of you - as maybe one day, you will be the tree that is cut from the forest and that is burnt for sustenance. |
| Date | 03:06:02, December 29, 2015 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the To Change The Assembly Laws |
| Message | You are simply not being logical anymore. This bill only pertains to states of emergency. Once the emergency is ended, the right to assemble is returned. So yes, think of it as removal of rights, but only during emergencies. This is not a "slippery slope" or anything like that. We are just protecting our citizens. Please provide a coherent response instead of speaking in proverbs. |
| Date | 01:03:53, December 30, 2015 CET | From | Bailonese Council Communist Party (BCCP) | To | Debating the To Change The Assembly Laws |
| Message | Our Confederate Militia will actively defend the right to assemble in groups in localities that desire it, even during state of emergencies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 379 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 300 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 71 |
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