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Bill: Patsifisumasugesetsu
Details
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: July 4170
Description[?]:
| Pacifism Act An act to end the use of violence, whether by the state or other groups. The nation still has much to recover from its civil war, so it is time to finally recognize that war brings nothing but suffering and death. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are allowed but are heavily regulated by the government.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed but are heavily regulated by the government.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 4
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: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards civilians who conscientiously object to being required to perform military service (if applicable).
Old value:: Conscientious objectors can be exempted, but only on religious grounds.
Current: Conscientious objectors can be exempted from combatant roles, but not from non-combatant roles.
Proposed: Conscientious objectors are exempted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:19:28, February 22, 2017 CET | From |  HDV-Doumeitō | To | Debating the Patsifisumasugesetsu |
| Message | We have a number of objections to this bill, but to abolish paramilitaries is an overriding aim. |
| Date | 22:21:06, February 22, 2017 CET | From | Hausu Serujaku-Rabuzubāgu | To | Debating the Patsifisumasugesetsu |
| Message | This act is an outrage and endangers the entire state. For this reason we Social Parliamentarians must regretfully announce we can no longer partake in a coalition that recklessly weakens national security. I join His Excellency the Chancellor in offering His Imperial Majesty my resignation. I wish my successor all the best. Tsukkākandoru-Māchō Namazuo (SR - Byūdenrā) Outgoing Foreign Minister |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 431 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 294 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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