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Bill: Military Policy Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Saridan
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: June 2185
Description[?]:
| No a la bombe! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
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 government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never develop or produce nuclear weaponry but is permitted to allow allied nations to use its territory to store nuclear weapons or conduct nuclear weapons research.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:59:50, February 12, 2006 CET | From |  Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | Never shall this pass! These proposals are designed to make us into a country of wusses. Our people believe in a strong military like we currently have not the pansy military you are proposing. |
| Date | 16:37:16, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | This bill is so bad I travelled all the way from Aloria to kick it. |
| Date | 16:55:22, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Caleb Party | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | this bill is horrible and will not pass! |
| Date | 19:37:08, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | This bill retains our strong military; we will just simply abolish nukes and military viruses and other despicable means of fighting. |
| Date | 19:37:32, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | The real wuss is someone who would fight with a virus instead of with their own hands. |
| Date | 20:03:50, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | This does not retain our strong military. It kills the military. There will be nothing left in the military but sticks and rocks. "Quick Jed, Throw this rock at the incoming missle. The SGSP party told us this will defend ourselves against the incoming nuclear missle. " We won't let this pass. |
| Date | 23:54:02, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | STICKS AND ROCKS!? Bah. We still have hovertanks, anti-nuclear missile missiles, millions of soldiers with precise automatic weaponry. |
| Date | 03:42:24, February 13, 2006 CET | From | The Green Hornet Party | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | We are just wondering what your party has been smoking??? |
| Date | 05:23:46, February 13, 2006 CET | From | Amalgam Party | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | We actually love all of these...if only we lived in a world where such things were possible. |
| Date | 08:07:43, February 13, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Military Policy Reform |
| Message | We DO! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 211 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 289 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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