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Bill: Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200
Details
Submitted by[?]: New People's Party of Rutania
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: September 4201
Description[?]:
| As a party commited to non-violence, we propose these changes. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
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 3
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 produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: 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.
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 government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:01:14, April 23, 2017 CET | From | New People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | In the future we intend to get rid of nuclear weaponry in it's entirety. Furthermore, we will attempt to completely disarm the military for combat and reserve it for peacekeeping and rescue. |
| Date | 22:16:41, April 23, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | We will oppose. |
| Date | 23:36:56, April 23, 2017 CET | From | Rutania Party | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | This is a rediculas perposel, just because we unarm ourselves of our most powerful weapons does not mean the others will, as such this would put us at a signicant disadvantage to the point were if in war we may be competely whipped out no matter how powerful our nations conversation army may be. If the People's Party of Rutinia truly wishes for us to unarm, they should do it safely with the guarantee with the mutual disarmament of most to all nations. |
| Date | 02:49:56, April 24, 2017 CET | From | New People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | We intend to not engage in war with other countries. |
| Date | 02:51:07, April 24, 2017 CET | From | New People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | Even so, we are simply banning non-conventional arms that are designed to cause suffering on civilians. |
| Date | 03:00:00, April 24, 2017 CET | From | Rutania Party | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | As for the topic of war, even though our nation remains out of foreign conflicts wars can still come to us, as fo the discussion of how destructive Tess weapons are and the use on civilians. Yes they can be but that is if they are specially used for that perpose or used carelessly. And as Rutinia has shown we do not use these weapons in ethier of those cases, as seen from are very resent civil war, nether side even thought of use interface said weapons let allow actually used them. |
| Date | 03:56:34, April 24, 2017 CET | From | Civic Republican League of Rutania | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 04:00:34, April 24, 2017 CET | From | Rutania Party | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | For the strength and protection of the Rutinian People please moderate the bill |
| Date | 00:53:18, April 25, 2017 CET | From | New People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | What is the point of storing these bad-ideas, if we intend not to use them anyways? |
| Date | 04:37:01, April 25, 2017 CET | From | Project Rutania | To | Debating the Pacifism and Peace Act of 4200 |
| Message | We rise to thank the PPR in proposing this bill and the route to a pacifist Rutania. Adrienne Moran Co-Spokesperson of the Eco-Socialist Movement |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 286 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 217 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Selucia is Particracy's modern take on Ancient Rome, located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln |