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Bill: Police Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Shuggoth Progressive Party
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: December 2196
Description[?]:
| This bill would reform our Police service. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:46:42, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Police Reform Act |
| Message | This is a joke. Combined with your firearms legislation the authorities would be powerless to prevent an armed takeover and democracy would be no more. |
| Date | 18:26:51, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Police Reform Act |
| Message | Good idea. Police forces made up from armies only puts stress on the army and leads to bloodshed, IMHO. |
| Date | 22:04:03, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Police Reform Act |
| Message | The people have no need to attempt to overthrow a free, open, progressive society. Unless you are worried about the possibility that the conservative parties might attempt to turn us into a theocracy again? |
| Date | 23:56:11, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Police Reform Act |
| Message | What's wrong with theocracy? Ancient Egypt was one of the most stable and indeed longest surviving and freest (is that right?) societies on Earth ever. Why is theocracy necessarily restrictive? |
| Date | 09:56:55, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Police Reform Act |
| Message | Imagine Northern Ireland in the late-1960s to 1990s with the British Army unable to intervene. Enough said. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 225 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 355 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 170 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites.'" - Larry Hardiman |