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Bill: L-24: Domestic Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour Party of Hutori
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: March 4081
Description[?]:
| Bill drafted by MP Joe Murray allowing the military to be called in to back up Law Enforcement Agencies in the event of serious circumstances. The Liberal Party, in this particular legislation, will define serious circumstances as events such as a State of Emergency has been called or a domestic threat causing mass death and damage. This bill will grant exclusive powers to the Premiers of each Province to call the military into the Province. No other individual shall have that power at the Federal, Provincial, or Local level. The President can dispatch the military into the Provinces during time of war when internal threats are imminent or have already occurred. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:16:02, August 26, 2016 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the L-24: Domestic Protection Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, What about the President at the Federal level? Steven Parson (F-AD) Deputy Prime Minister |
| Date | 19:48:58, August 26, 2016 CET | From | Labour Party of Hutori | To | Debating the L-24: Domestic Protection Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I have updated the language of this bill to hopefully answer Deputy Prime Minister Parson's question. Joe Murray MP (L-AD) Leader of the Liberal Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 343 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 38 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." - Aldous Huxley |