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Bill: National Security Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Komitee van die Nasionale Herstel
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 4216
Description[?]:
| Due to the uprising of communist rebels in our great nation (OOC: see the forum posts), we must take temporary measures to combat this threat. Once the threat has been deemed negligible by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we will reverse these measures. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Current: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Proposed: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Article 5
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 may be mistreated without legal sanction.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Article 7
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 is not allowed to play any part in it.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 139 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 136 |
| Random fact: Particracy has 464 player slots. |
| Random quote: "There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." - Mahatma Gandhi |