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Bill: Sekouo First Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 国民同盟党 (Kokumin Dōmeitō)
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: March 4473
Description[?]:
| An Act to promote Sekowan national interests over and above foreign entanglements and to call for an end to immoral overseas influence |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign embassies.
Old value:: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Current: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Proposed: The government does not allow foreign embassies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: No foreigners are permitted to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Proposed: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: No refugees are allowed to enter the country.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Current: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Proposed: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:30:12, October 20, 2018 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Sekouo First Act |
| Message | This undermines our relationship with our allies, and is in clear opposition to free open trade. Now we would be willing to discuss article 5 as a possibility in separate legislation, however we will oppose this bill. |
| Date | 20:21:26, October 20, 2018 CET | From | 国民同盟党 (Kokumin Dōmeitō) | To | Debating the Sekouo First Act |
| Message | The KMDM position is that while free trade is economically-beneficial for our country, to allow nations to impose tariffs without reciprocal or retaliatory tariffs in turn will only encourage protectionist measures against Sekowan goods and services. The presence of foreign embassies on Sekowan soil presents a clear, present and existential danger to Sekowan national security, with the potential for espionage and the selling of national secrets being great amongst embassy and diplomatic staff, and given that incidents of undeclared foreign agents amongst embassy stuff is not uncommon in different jurisdictions, it is only prudent that foreign embassies be put to rest once and for all. - 桜井 美智雄、国民同盟党（KMDM)の総裁 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 278 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 34 |
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| Random quote: "It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual" - Jeremy Bentham |