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Bill: Strategic Defence Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vereinigte Bewegung der Regionen
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: February 4473
Description[?]:
| To change the current military doctrine. Gerhardt Branderhut Spokesman for Defence |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Article 2
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 but restricted.
Current: The use of land mines is allowed but restricted.
Proposed: The use of land mines is allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:35:53, October 20, 2018 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Strategic Defence Policy |
| Message | Regretfully, we cannot support this proposal. We fear the creation of a military industrial complex from the formation of private defence industries, and that they may be unethical in pushing for wars so as to make more money. Furthermore, we also find nuclear weapons to be most useful in preserving peace through having them be part of a mutually assured destruction agreement. This presents more clearly that our nation wants to preserve peace above all else. Most of all, however, we are fundamentally opposed to the usage of land mines. They stay around long after the war has finished, and have been proven to kill more civilians than they do enemy combatants - sometimes a decade or two after the war finishes. They are particularly deadly for young children, who lose limbs - or worse, their lives - to the usage of land mines in their areas, sometimes placed there before they were even born. Eugenie Wagener Minister of Defence |
| Date | 20:12:25, October 20, 2018 CET | From | Vereinigte Bewegung der Regionen | To | Debating the Strategic Defence Policy |
| Message | The VBR faction respect the Minister’s view on these issues. However, we disagree. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 62 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 65 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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