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Bill: Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: March 2185
Description[?]:
| The nation is well on its path to greatness, some more minor changes must be passed to help us achieve it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector but is regulated.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:58:20, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | These measures are all acceptable. |
| Date | 21:50:16, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Meritocratic Progressive Union | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | All acceptable. |
| Date | 00:51:05, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | We agree with all except Article 2. In some instances, the confidentiality of letters must be broken to save the people. |
| Date | 02:25:31, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Meritocratic Progressive Union | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | When the lock of a letter is broken the harm has been done. Setting rules to make sure the justice departments do not abuse their power would only result in confusion. |
| Date | 05:06:19, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | A situation where we could have prevented catastrophic loss of life would also result in confusion. Let's prevent the former and have a measure to protect our people. |
| Date | 11:50:41, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Meritocratic Progressive Union | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | Isn't it in the best interest of our people that we protect their privacy? Who are we to willingly intrude in the gravest of ways and invade their personal life to satisfy a possibly corrupt or paranoid justicial organ? Not that the MPU does not trust our brave justice-system. But giving that organ a power and a freedom in which nobody can be trusted is virtually unacceptable. |
| Date | 22:48:30, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | "Giving that organ a power and a freedom in which nobody can be trusted..." We wish to remind the Meritocratic Progressive Union that they are a political party of the Assembly. Certainly they have a say in what goes on in the Justice Department and can voice their concerns if any ill action is committed. However, to simply dismiss any value a pre-caution such as this provides would be ignorant to the evil beings that exist in our world. Put together with the "Protectorate" plan to have open borders and we have a huge issue concerning law and order. Trust is something that must be built with the people and their government, not something to be outright dismissed. |
| Date | 15:07:12, February 10, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Protectorate Plan for a New Malivia (pt III) |
| Message | OOC: I'm just laughing at Article I...how quickly we forget that it was President Reagan who fired the air traffic controllers. I don't like this bill, therefore I will not be voting for it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 103 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 166 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 30 |
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