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Bill: Restrictions Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical League
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: July 2182
Description[?]:
| We beleive that the following restrictions are necessary to prevent Valruzia being swamped by immigrants. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Current: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Proposed: Only those born to nationals become nationals.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; no aid is given to them.
Proposed: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:44:19, February 06, 2006 CET | From | Deadly Buzz Party | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | Yes to 2. Still unsure about no. 1. Leaning towards a yes though. |
| Date | 20:32:02, February 06, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Valruzia | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | No to xenophobia. How can we have a laissez-faire economy if people are not allowed to freely travel to our nation? |
| Date | 21:37:44, February 06, 2006 CET | From |  Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | No to both. |
| Date | 23:07:45, February 06, 2006 CET | From | Radical League | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | Libertarians in what way does this stop people moving to our nation? It rediefines refugees to victims of extreme circumstances? That is hardly a limit on immigration, refugees from non extreme circumstances will still be able to go through th normal channels of immigration. |
| Date | 01:29:19, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Valruzia | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | The description clearly states its intent to restrict immigration, one of the best ways for a nation to diversify its job market as well. also, refugees, while they shouldn't be pampered, should be allowed into our nation like any other immigrant. restricting them is still a restriction of immigration. |
| Date | 10:34:50, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical League | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | Read the above answer from the TV. 'Refugees' will still be able to apply as immigrants, all this bill means is that we provide refugee status to only the most serious cases. |
| Date | 11:22:33, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Restoration Party | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | Valruzia was built upon open immigration, as was the tradition of the Bandorras, and therefore we would regret the passing of this legislation from our friends. |
| Date | 15:15:34, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical League | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | No monarch would have allowed their nation to be overtaken in such a manner, no wonder the Bandorras were overthrown. |
| Date | 19:29:31, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Restrictions Bill |
| Message | Yeah, and still some silly conservatives support the throne ;) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 41 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 73 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 34 |
| Random fact: Particracy allows you to establish an unelected head of state like a monarch or a president-for-life, but doing this is a bit of a process. First elect a candidate with the name "." to the Head of State position. Then change your law on the "Structure of the executive branch" to "The head of state is hereditary and symbolic; the head of government chairs the cabinet" and change the "formal title of the head of state" to how you want the new head of state's title and name to appear (eg. King Percy XVI). |
| Random quote: "You will win, but you will not convince. You will win, because you possess more than enough brute force, but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack, reason and right in the struggle." - Miguel de Unamuno |