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Bill: Defense Reform Act 4559
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会
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: September 4560
Description[?]:
| Defense Reform Act 4559 |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed but are heavily regulated by the government.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are not officially acknowledged but are allowed to exist.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Article 4
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 5
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 are exempted.
Current: Conscientious objectors can be exempted from combatant roles, but not from non-combatant roles.
Proposed: Conscientious objectors can be exempted from combatant roles, but not from non-combatant roles.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Proposed: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:21:36, April 11, 2019 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Defense Reform Act 4559 |
| Message | Paramilitaries will endanger the lives and social stability of our people. We would like an explanation on this reasoning. However, we cannot support this bill if Articles 3 and 7 are to remain. Article 3 is extreme; there is no need for Sekouans to enlist when civilian service serves the same purpose. Article 7 is a violation of basic human rights. |
| Date | 00:02:31, April 12, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Defense Reform Act 4559 |
| Message | The Kokuryū-shakai would like to reestablish our paramilitary arm known as the Aikokusha, As for "endangering the lives and social stability of our people" the Kokuryū-shakai believes that only traitors to the heavenly empire have anything to fear. |
| Date | 00:28:19, April 12, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Defense Reform Act 4559 |
| Message | In regards to Article 3 and 7. Having all Sekowons serve a term in the military will foster much more appreciation for our Armed forces than if they were purely in the civilian national service. On top of that, the civilian national service focuses more on non-combat roles. As for Article 7, the government is in violation of the military's right to choose who can serve in it. If the military deems one group not fit for combat then it should have the right to exclude them. The Military's duty is to defend the Sekowon people in the best way possible not to enlist any riff-raff who comes knocking on its doors because it was forced by an International Treaty. |
| Date | 06:04:50, April 12, 2019 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Defense Reform Act 4559 |
| Message | The sole article we support is on defence shelters. |
| Date | 07:48:07, April 12, 2019 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Defense Reform Act 4559 |
| Message | It is highly unlikely that there will ever be a justifiable reason that a certain group of people cannot serve in the military. If serving for Sekouo is an honorable position as your party says it is, surely there is no issue with allowing every Sekouan to do their part for their country? Regarding paramilitaries, why should a semi-regulated army that does not fight for the sole purpose of NATIONAL defense be allowed to roam free in our streets? History has shown us that paramilitaries can escalate internal conflict, hardly in line with national harmony and unity. |
| Date | 10:56:08, April 12, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Defense Reform Act 4559 |
| Message | Does the Rikken Ishin-tō not acknowledge that there are entire states that are supporting destructive communism? Do the Rikken Ishin-tō not acknowledge that there are entire miserable peoples who practice a most destructive ideology like the red hordes of the savage Canrillaise who have been under the tyranny of Leonidist Communisme for decades, or the barbarian Esinsundu Empire under the control of the current "Dark Archon" Orlando Bah Ralek, or maybe the Rikken Ishin-tō will be convinced when they learn that we have minorities of "Solentians" in our fatherland, a people under control by internationalist neo-cons and Social Democrats. These are the groups that are a threat to Sekowo and a blight upon our armed forces. we should be expunging them from our military not welcoming them in open arms. I doubt letting Communists that are opposed to all of our ways of life will be helpful in achieving such "national harmony and unity". That is why we support the reintroduction of our paramilitary group so we can protect all true born Sekowons from the evil hands of international communism. The Rikken Ishin-tō and Teikoku Kōmeitō may keep their aloof nature for now because we live in relatively peaceful times but when hard times come to the people of Sekowo they will have to beg for the protection of Aikokusha like the other aloof parties did when WE were ruled by Communists. Your parties may not care but the Rikken Ishin-tō is dedicated to being the Vanguard against the Red Threat! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 126 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 174 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color." - Author Unknown |