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Bill: Military Bill of 4311
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party of Baltusia (SPB)
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: August 4312
Description[?]:
| Dear Congress, we need to talk about our armed forces, in a modern way. ARTICLE ONE AND TWO: The use chemical or biological weapons in warfare is dreadful. Our nation should pledge that we would never use these kinds of weaponry that are mostly directed against civilians. Yet, we want to gradually destroy biological weapons in Baltusia. That's why we are not proposing to throw away the Chemical Weapons we have in storage yet, and promise to use them only as a defense strategy. The first article says explicitly "The Nation should never [...] store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes". This Bill will give the authorization to our army to keep and store the chemical weaponry that were produced in Baltusia to date, yet the production of it must be stopped immediately when approved. ARTICLE THREE: Understanding the importance and outrage of a crime such as treason and terrorism, we must not let our courts take decisions that are so irreversible as the death penalty. ARTICLE FOUR: Due to the dangerous quality of the land mines for the civilian population, the decision of the use of these must be restricted. This restriction consists on the approval of the use of Land Mines by the President- Commander in Chief and the Minister of Defense, in a joint authorization. Signed, Arthur Trades Jr. Congressman for Terrarokka, Socialist Party of Baltusia. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
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 reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
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 allowed.
Proposed: The use of land mines is allowed but restricted.
Article 4
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 reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:18:23, December 03, 2017 CET | From |  Socialist Party of Baltusia (SPB) | To | Debating the Military Bill of 4311 |
| Message | Dear Congress, we need to talk about our armed forces, in a modern way. ARTICLE ONE AND TWO: The use chemical or biological weapons in warfare is dreadful. Our nation should pledge that we would never use these kinds of weaponry that are mostly directed against civilians. Yet, we want to gradually destroy biological weapons in Baltusia. That's why we are not proposing to throw away the Chemical Weapons we have in storage yet, and promise to use them only as a defense strategy. The first article says explicitly "The Nation should never [...] store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes". This Bill will give the authorization to our army to keep and store the chemical weaponry that were produced in Baltusia to date, yet the production of it must be stopped immediately when approved. ARTICLE THREE: Understanding the importance and outrage of a crime such as treason and terrorism, we must not let our courts take decisions that are so irreversible as the death penalty. ARTICLE FOUR: Due to the dangerous quality of the land mines for the civilian population, the decision of the use of these must be restricted. This restriction consists on the approval of the use of Land Mines by the President- Commander in Chief and the Minister of Defense, in a joint authorization. Signed, Arthur Trades Jr. Congressman for Terrarokka, Socialist Party of Baltusia. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 228 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 372 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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