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Bill: Parliament (Privilege of Members) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic Alliance
Status[?]: passed
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: November 4630
Description[?]:
| Members of Parliament should be free to speak their minds within the confines of parliamentary debate without the threat of repercussions once they step out of the chamber. This bill would allow members to speak freely on any given topic in the execution of their duties, but the fact that MPs would only be allowed to do so in the execution of their duties during their term means that MPs would still not be above the law if they committed any offense outside of the ambit of their duties. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are not exempt from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions during their term of office.
Current: 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.
Proposed: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:56:25, August 08, 2019 CET | From |  New Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Parliament (Privilege of Members) Act |
| Message | If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. |
| Date | 13:21:09, August 10, 2019 CET | From | New Democrats on the block | To | Debating the Parliament (Privilege of Members) Act |
| Message | Our party agrees with this, in part. While we recognize legislators should not be sued for their words, and attempts to change or create law, criminal acts should not be included. We would expect resignations from members involved in such proceedings. |
| Date | 05:16:33, August 23, 2019 CET | From | New Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Parliament (Privilege of Members) Act |
| Message | But what if some stubborn lawmaker decided to not resign? Based on how the bill was drafted (we can thank the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for that) It would have to include criminal actions, but provisions can be made for criminal actions that take place during the execution of one's duties. There is a difference between a position holder's term of office and the execution of one's duties. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 745 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In general, role-play requires the consent of all players. |
| Random quote: "The goal of life is living in agreement with nature." Zeno (335 BC - 264 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers |