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Bill: Assembly Privilege
Details
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: May 4432
Description[?]:
| Members of the Federal Assembly must be free to criticise the powerful and challenge vested interests without the muzzling fear of expensive and lengthy legal action. Alexander Altenhofen, Chairman of Erneuern |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are not exempt from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office.
Current: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office.
Proposed: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:07:43, July 30, 2018 CET | From | Dorvische Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Assembly Privilege |
| Message | The DKP believes that the Federal Assembly should be able to overrule this exemption in certain circumstances. We shall vote against. |
| Date | 00:08:10, July 31, 2018 CET | From | Revolutionäre Sozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Assembly Privilege |
| Message | The ASP agrees with the DKP, and also believes that members of the legislature are not entitled to have legal immunity. We shall vote NAY. Berta Fux Minister of Justice |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 247 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 183 |
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