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Bill: Instituting Democratic Confederalism
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Confoederalismi Democratici
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 4485
Description[?]:
| Neither anarchist or statist, we will build a new world and a new Seluciae based on the principles of equity, liberty, and solidarity. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards civilians who conscientiously object to being required to perform military service (if applicable).
Old value:: Conscientious objectors can be exempted from combatant roles, but not from non-combatant roles.
Current: It is a criminal offence to refuse to perform military service.
Proposed: Conscientious objectors are exempted.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Current: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Proposed: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The right to trial by jury (if there are courts)
Old value:: Only certain individuals accused of serious crimes have the right to trial by jury.
Current: No one is allowed a trial by jury.
Proposed: Local governments decide who has the right to trial by jury.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Current: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions, but this immunity can be overruled by a vote in the nation's legislative body.
Current: Members of the legislature are not exempt from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office.
Proposed: Members of the legislature are not exempt from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Appointment of military officers
Old value:: Military officers are only appointed through battlefield commission.
Current: The Ministry of Defense is authorized to appoint military officers.
Proposed: Individual units elect their officers.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Current: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: Pornography may not be produced in the nation.
Current: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Government law concerning the sales of recreational drugs.
Old value:: Sales of recreational drugs within the nation are prohibited by the law.
Current: Sales of recreational drugs within the nation are prohibited by the law.
Proposed: The matter of sales of recreational drugs is handled by local governments.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: Video games are prohibited, except those that pass strict government content ratings.
Current: Video games are prohibited, except those that pass strict government content ratings.
Proposed: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 187 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 289 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 274 |
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