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Bill: HDU Manifesto IV
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Luthori
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: October 4153
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, Stop the hippies. I yield. Rt Hon. Margaret Patterson MD Leader of the HDU |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 3
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 may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Current: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are allowed with full privileges, with the right to intervene when necessary.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions are illegal.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Nomination for Security Council Seat C. (For more information, see )
http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=8453http
Old value:: Abstain
Current: Likatonia
Proposed: Abstain
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:27:07, January 19, 2017 CET | From | Luthorian Workers Party | To | Debating the HDU Manifesto IV |
| Message | I rise today in objection to this piece of legislation. Our party, the LPU, the people of this nation, have fought tirelessly over the last several years to combat this type of fascist legislation and demagoguery. We have fought for freedom, for justice, for equality. We have, made progress. We have seen great strides. This nation has, as all great nations do, marched forward. What this legislation would seek to do, the ends of this means, is march us backwards several decades. It would see a return to a form of governing that should remain in the pages of history books. It should be left to be seen as a great warning of what not to do. How dangerous would it be, how terrible, to see the return of political paramilitary organizations. It was not that look ago that we saw a political assassination. A leader of our nation, a leader of the LPU, Ethanal White, may God rest his soul, was shot and killed by a former Paramilitary member. The mere though that any political party in this nation would propose that we resurrect those fascist constructs should send shivers down the spine of everyone in this hallowed hall. They breed violence. Our party was proud to have authored and sponsored the Peaceful Political Participation Act that banned paramilitary organizations in this country, they should continue to be banned. We will fight to put a stop to any attempt, by any party, to bring them back. No military should ever have the power to police the citizenry of any nation. The police and the military should remain separate. Permanently. It is imperative, for the health of a free and civilized nation, that there be present a civilian police force. Free peoples should police free peoples. A military force, which by it's very nature is designed to combat and destroy foreign enemies, can not be allowed to police citizens. We must ensure that our country does not devolve into a military police state. Fascism, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, must be reject. I urge my colleagues in this body, reject this monstrosity of a bill. Keep Luthori a peaceful, free, and civilized nation. I yield. Prescott Ramon |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 245 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 388 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 17 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "He who will not economize will have to agonize." - Confucius |