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Bill: Passport & Border Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Liberal Alliance (NLA)
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: June 4429
Description[?]:
| A Bill to establish a Kalistani Border Force, and make changes to border policy. Article 1 b) Such security checks shall be undertaken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Article 2 b) Such security checks shall be undertaken by the Kalistani Border Force, under the purview of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Current: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Current: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Proposed: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:08:49, July 24, 2018 CET | From | New Liberal Alliance (NLA) | To | Debating the Passport & Border Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, What use are passports if they are not to provide both the holder with safety and the country they are visiting with peace of mind? It is important in the modern world that the Republic remains vigilant and checks the passports of those entering, and instills a sense of value in the passports that are issued to our citizens. This will keep our Republic and citizens safe. That is why the New Liberal Alliance is proposing to the Socialist government that we install a security check before issuing our valuable Kalistani passports, and establish a Border Force to check the passports of those entering. Deputy Alexander Leech Shadow Internal Affairs Minister |
| Date | 20:31:13, July 24, 2018 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Passport & Border Act |
| Message | We emphatically oppose border controls. A free people requires freedom of movement. We will vote no on establishing restrictions on the border. |
| Date | 20:32:25, July 24, 2018 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Passport & Border Act |
| Message | Passports are required for our citizens to travel abroad. Which is why we have them. We allow all people to claim citizenship, so why should we restrict access to passports? |
| Date | 20:56:05, July 24, 2018 CET | From | New Liberal Alliance (NLA) | To | Debating the Passport & Border Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, The NLA believe in the principle of free movement, but on simple security checks in the system. Seeing no agreement, we move to bring this bill to a vote. |
| Date | 01:24:07, July 25, 2018 CET | From | Radical Liberty Union (RLU) | To | Debating the Passport & Border Act |
| Message | [CLP Press release] SOCIALIST PARTY REFUSE TO PROTECT BORDERS FROM OUTSIDE DANGERS Today, the broad-tent New Liberal Alliance presented a common sense bill to the Assembly designed to grant our Kalistan the most basic of protections from foreign threats, a border force. Today, the Socialist party threw the bill out. Is there no limit to how low these people will sink? With Lourenne breathing down our neck, with countless other threats throughout the world, the people elected to protect our nation stick their fingers in their ears and pretend nothing is happening. Our country should not, nay, must not stand for this. Vote and campaign for the CLP today, for a brighter Kalistan. |
| Date | 02:01:11, July 25, 2018 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Passport & Border Act |
| Message | And yet: We are the authors of the Privateer act. Well, I suppose you can't please them all. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 67 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 683 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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