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Bill: Anti-Monopoly Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative 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: August 4007
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Current: Monopolies are only actively enforced in specific sectors of the economy.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:05:48, April 01, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Anti-Monopoly Act |
| Message | We could only support this bill if it only applied to the Private Sector. We will not eliminate state monopolies over Petroleum or ferrominerals. Those products are strategic resources which should be managed by the State for the benefit of the state. As it is, this bill contains no such provision, and so the SP cannot possibly support a bill it would otherwise be thrilled to support. |
| Date | 17:44:00, April 01, 2016 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Anti-Monopoly Act |
| Message | Funnily enough, it is was our intention to only target the public sector with this measure. We want to privatize many state holdings, not break them up. Monopolies in the private sector are very dangerous. |
| Date | 19:51:55, April 01, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Anti-Monopoly Act |
| Message | Well, then we will never vote for this bill. We agree that monopolies in the private sector are dangerous, and will happily help the NCP in targeting them to expand competition and choice. But we have no intention of reversing public sector operations. |
| Date | 19:53:43, April 01, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Anti-Monopoly Act |
| Message | But so you know: there is in the law a mechanism to abolish the state monopolies. I suggest that the Premier study those laws and go about divestment in that manner. If the NCP can present a case which convinces the SP that these public sector operations should be privatized, the SP is at least willing to listen and be open to change. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 130 | |
| no | Total Seats: 620 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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