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Bill: Military Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 自由進歩党 (Liberal Progressives)
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: December 4055
Description[?]:
| An act to propose and promote key changes and reforms to our military administration. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are banned.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Article 2
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:: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Current: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Proposed: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National military policy.
Old value:: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Current: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Proposed: The nation retains a part time, professional army, navy and air force as part of a reserve group.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:21:12, July 06, 2016 CET | From | 人々の社会主義党 | To | Debating the Military Reform Act |
| Message | MR. Speaker, We will not let our military become more privatised that will only lead to more military aggression. I also don't understand why we would change our military services to part time. |
| Date | 12:41:01, July 07, 2016 CET | From | 社会民主党(Social Democratic Party) | To | Debating the Military Reform Act |
| Message | Greetings, the first article is what makes us say No. Elisa Nakamura |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 421 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 329 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight." - Barry Goldwater |