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Bill: National Defense Reform Act of 4519
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriotic League
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 4520
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National military policy.
Old value:: The government retains a part time, professional army, navy and air force in alignment with paramilitary groups
Current: The government retains a part time, professional army, navy and air force in alignment with paramilitary groups
Proposed: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Appointment of military officers
Old value:: The Ministry of Defense is authorized to appoint military officers.
Current: The Ministry of Defense is authorized to appoint military officers.
Proposed: The head of state is responsible for the appointment of military officers.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are allowed as part of each political party.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed as part of each political party.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
Current: Prisoners of war are immediately returned to their own government.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:20:14, January 22, 2019 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the National Defense Reform Act of 4519 |
| Message | Can’t say this is a surprise. We can’t help wonder why the new President seems to disband the militias before modernization has even begun? Is he seeking to critically weaken the Republic in preparation for some sort of foreign infiltration? Or does he want to get rid of any opposition in preparation for the establishment of the police segregationist state he has sought since the founding of his Party? If you want to reform the military, getting rid of party militias is not how you do it. But we expect the hypocrisy from the Patriots: on the one hand they support economic privatization because apparently the government can do no good. And then on the other hand, they seek to consolidate the entire military force under the control of the National Government, because apparently Central Authority is the only group who can be trusted with this sort of power? How mutually exclusive those two positions are, unless the goal is one of the two we have listed above. |
| Date | 14:13:15, January 22, 2019 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the National Defense Reform Act of 4519 |
| Message | Again, the anti Kalistan ephemeral parties attack our military. |
| Date | 14:47:08, January 22, 2019 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | To | Debating the National Defense Reform Act of 4519 |
| Message | With respect to our coalition partners we must abstain unless the parliament provides a two-thirds majority due to the fact that militias have been too deeply tied to National History and Heritage |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 95 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 113 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 67 |
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