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Bill: Land Mines Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriotic Party of Baltusia
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: June 4154
Description[?]:
| As with all operational decisions we believe this should be left to the experts - i.e the leaders of our armed forces. Defence Secretary William F. Mace |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Current: The use of land mines is allowed.
Proposed: The Government leaves this to the army to decide upon.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:17:07, January 20, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian Democratic Green Party (BDGP) | To | Debating the Land Mines Act |
| Message | Defence Secretary, Why does it even require discussion whether these vile weapons should be used by the army. It has been proven time and time again how land mines are a destructive force that can devastate communities for years after the conflict, not only killing innocent civilians who took no part, but also our own soldiers a lot of the time. Whilst I respect the judgement of the leaders of our armed forces, I fear that these weapons may be used for what they believe to be the right reasons, but the effects will shadow any victory. And may I remind you, that the bill creating the current law regarding this matter was voted for by all parties currently with seats, including your own! Land mines were prohibited for both moral and security reasons, so I ask you to tell the House what on earth makes you feel the need to reverse that decision. June Brown, Minority Speaker of the House |
| Date | 20:50:48, January 20, 2017 CET | From | Patriotic Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Land Mines Act |
| Message | Minority Speaker Brown, I presume you refer to this Military Reform Bill of 4147 http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=499711 As I am sure you know, I only voted yes to that bill on the basis of another article being right for this country. I weighed up the options and given that war could have broken out I went for what I believed was the greater good. Nevertheless, here we are now six years on and at my weekly meetings with the joint chiefs of staff they constantly say that government regulation over any kind of operational decision could hamstring them. I must listen to the expert view when propsing legislation. William F. Mace Defence Secretary |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 520 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 107 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 73 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "Wherever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship." - Harry S. Truman |