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Bill: Even More Freedoms Act 4065
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers 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: July 4066
Description[?]:
| Taken from the NLP bill: Parliamentary Privilege is the subject of the second part of this Bill. Our current laws provide no legal protection for elected officials. This means Senators could be sued or otherwise legally challenged, for example, under defamation law - libel or slander - if they were to criticise a company which the Senator believed was using immoral tax arrangements. This could be used to control politicians, through threat or blackmail. Some of our friends in the chamber may be in this very position right now, not able to come out with a piece of information that would, if wider knowledge of it made possible, change the face of Beluzian politics. Having such restrictions on our representatives reduces their ability to call out injustices in our society, and stops them from properly representing the people of our nation. Allowing Senators parliamentary privilege is an important part of making sure that the people of Beluzia always have the ability to call out wrongdoing - wherever it takes place, whatever it is and whoever perpetrates it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are not exempt from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office.
Current: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions, but this immunity can be overruled by a vote in the nation's legislative body.
Proposed: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:52:53, July 28, 2016 CET | From | Regionalist Coalition | To | Debating the Even More Freedoms Act 4065 |
| Message | Madam Speaker, I am once again delighted to welcome a change we already proposed in the Political Freedom Bill, and thank the BPDP for crediting me for the comments I made proposing the Political Freedom Bill. I urge all members to vote Yes, for this is an essential change for our democracy's legitimacy. Sen. Catherine Oaksworth Prime Minister, New Liberal Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 463 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 119 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 168 |
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