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Bill: Liberalisation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lodamun Democratic Socialist Party
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: August 4302
Description[?]:
| A bill to reduce state restrictions on activities in Lodamun. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to adultery.
Old value:: Adultery is illegal, but not prosecuted.
Current: Adultery is legal.
Proposed: There is no explicit government policy on adultery.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Both private and public blasphemy are considered grave offenses, and are heavily prosecuted.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:37:31, November 12, 2017 CET | From | Lodamun Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Liberalisation Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We are presenting this draft bill today in the hopes of building a consensus. Lodamun's state reaches deeply into the lives of our citizens. Mostly it does so to extend a helping hand, and this we support. But it is time to reconsider and the places that the arm of the state chooses to reach. In the LDP we do not approve of adultery but we do not believe it is the state's place to criminalise it. We believe that no religion should be protected from criticism. We believe that commerce should not be restricted by nationality. And we believe that banning ordinary citizens from founding their own sports clubs is unnecessary and unjustifiable. Rida Baulmer Deputy Minister of Justice |
| Date | 18:49:32, November 12, 2017 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Liberalisation Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we have had it with LDP calling our citizens ordinary! They obviously have infiltrated in our political system and into our nation. They have brainwashed part of our people. I don't know what the hell happened, but we cannot follow these unfaithful to the end of our nation. They will not destruct our beautiful country. We will oppose LDP and everything they propose. Lex Gorky LNC Representative |
| Date | 23:20:53, November 12, 2017 CET | From | Lodamun Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Liberalisation Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, What is it about the word "ordinary" that riles the LNC so? To find out I consulted my Lodamese English Dictionary. It gives two definitions. The first is "being part of the natural order of things: normal". This is of course what political figures mean when they refer to the ordinary people of Lodamun. Those millions who work hard every day and wish for their lives to be protected and rights respected by those of us who are here in the presidium, the privileged and powerful. The second is "having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane". Having read that, and thinking of the Nationalist Committee, I begin to understand why they are so sensitive about the word. Loren Courtenay President |
| Date | 07:07:38, November 13, 2017 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Liberalisation Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, it has always been our intent that every single citizen of our nation is special. One who calls our people ordinary must feel special himself. Anja Demuzere LNC MP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 303 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 205 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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