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Bill: Police Regulamentation Bill, 4473
Details
Submitted by[?]: Saída Pela Esquerda! (SPE)
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: April 4474
Description[?]:
| HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLEIA NACIONAL, CONCERNED with the appalling infringements on basic human rights and to the dismissal of any principles of due process and judicial fairness; NOTING our police forces are vastly unregulated and unsupervised, despite them bearing legal grounds to kill, torture, and suppress the rights to life, privacy, and property of our citizens; AIMING to humanise the State's legitimate use of force in law enforcement, seeking to protect our law-abiding population from sheer abuse, whilst still ensuring the armed forces have enough autonomy to perform vital safety-keeping operations; STEERING Tukarali towards a path of more comprehensive civil liberties and human rights; THE PST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, with considerations: 1) Tukarali is the only country in our planet that does not operate or funds any sort of police force, leaving law enforcement in the hands of organised crimes and unregulated militias. Recognising our country's federalist tradition and following the majority of our foreign neighbours, it is vital the State takes on the responsibility over a national police force and further instructs local police departments to fund personalised police forces, more adequate to their particular needs. Thus, we introduce a change on the principle of ORGANISATION OF THE POLICE. 2) Noting again how outdated and against-the-current our police policies are, we must move to establish clear limits to the police's actions and regulate its legitimate power. Thus, in accordance to the international consensus on the matter, we move to establish a new POLICY ON THE POWERS OF THE POLICE. 3) Aiming to reduce a militarist overtake of our law enforcement, also discerning heavy weaponry does not make for better policing and may increase the death toll of innocents, we propose a change in the laws regarding the WEAPONS USED BY POLICE FORCES. 4) Our police forces have unrestricted powers to infringe on our population's privacy and property, a severe blow on our nation's democratic and egalitarian foundation. In order to assure the oversight of the judicial system and our courts over police activity, thus ensuring the State acts to defend innocent citizens from blatant discrimination and abuse, we aim to introduce warrants and the principle of imminent danger to regulate POLICE SEARCHES. 5) Once again, we are one of the most backwater and abusive countries in the world regarding civil-judicial rights. Not only do we enforce primitive law enforcement and justice approaches (which will also be addressed in further bills), but we actively dismiss any concern or state responsibility over the protection of basic human rights. Namely, the use of torture by police officials and the unrestricted use of the death penalty are major constitutional problems. We propose changes to the USE OF TORTURE and DEATH PENALTY. * Regarding capital punishment, we are vehemently against it. However, in the name of compromise and opting for a gradative transition, we will first propose its regulation and then its abolition. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The government does not operate or fund any police.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The powers of the police are not restricted.
Current: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Proposed: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 86 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 98 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 71 |
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