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Bill: Reforms II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian National 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: January 4133
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Current: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are not allowed to vote.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:57:16, December 08, 2016 CET | From | Freedom Socialist Party | To | Debating the Reforms II |
| Message | Some of this resolutions are the epitome of what could be called an act of symbolic and political violence, my friends. Please, let's not descend to the basement of History. Article 1: We have rehabilitation programs everywhere in our legislation. The criminals of this country go to jail to pay for their crimes and get back to society as reformed citizens. The right to vote is one of the civil rights that reassure their places as rehabilited members of said society. The proposal lacks meaning. If our friends of the National Party care enough to explain the reasoning behind this ideia, we would love to hear it. Article 2: Death penalty doesn't solve violence problems anywhere in the world, and never will. We have experience debating this matter in our activism everywhere on Terra, and I have yet to see someone convince me of the efficiency of this sad act. On the contrary, we have dealt with many families that lost their loved ones on wrongful trials involving capital penalty. The State will never be able to ease their pain, and the blood of those that perished are on the hands of their governments forever. Article 3: Invading homes in a frantic and insane search, creating a state of constant paranoia and a general feel of persecution? That's the recipe for social convolution, my friend. Violence would increase, and we would lose the trust of most of our citizens. I've seen fascists regimes arise with less than that... Article 4: That's the one proposal that's not a pure attack to our humanitarian senses, and can actually be debated in a more civilized manner. The use of standard firearms by the police force still proves to be necessary in poor countries, ones that suffer with constant violence and a general fear of civil war. This is not our case. And that's exactly what this proposal could cause, in our minds. I will concede that this would increase the security of our law enforcers. Maybe in the future we will debate this matter in a more serious manner. But at this time, and especially considering your other proposals, the only sentiment that comes to our party members if of fear. This article by itself is debatable. This article, combined with the other, is a declaration of a political stance. An we know exactly what stance... Article 5: This have a name, friends: slavery. We are proud members of the international Anti Slavery Organisation. It's a hard no, sorry. Rodrigo Coutinho Professor of Consitutional Law and International Activist for Human Rights Speaker of Justice matters for the People's Coutinho Party |
| Date | 02:55:11, December 09, 2016 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Reforms II |
| Message | We second the words of our friends the PCP and we condemn the BNP for their far-right positions. OOC: I wonder if the BNP is modelled upon the British National Party? |
| Date | 22:40:19, December 09, 2016 CET | From | Beluzian National Party | To | Debating the Reforms II |
| Message | OOC: heh, I never thought of that to be fair. I guess we are though. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 169 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 431 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud |