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Bill: WR Manifesto for 4627
Details
Submitted by[?]: White Rose
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 4626
Description[?]:
| The manifesto of the White Rose ahead of the next general election |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Current: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Proposed: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on airports.
Old value:: The government has some involvement in the ownership and operation of airports, but leaves a role for the private sector too.
Current: The government leaves airports entirely to the private sector.
Proposed: The government leaves airports entirely to the private sector.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: Public blasphemy is considered a minor offense.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Central Bank oversight and regulation (if a central bank exists)
Old value:: The central bank is underneath the direct oversight of the Ministry of Finance.
Current: The central bank is an entirely independent agency of the government.
Proposed: The government appoints the head of the central bank and an executive board to manage the central bank but does not otherwise interfere in its operations.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: A single private company owns and maintains the national power grid.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Homeless shelters and reintegration projects
Old value:: There are government-run shelters, but these coexist with privately run shelters.
Current: Local governments decide on homeless shelters and reintegration projects.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning homeless shelters and reintegration projects.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is not regulated.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: The medicinal use of cannabis is illegal.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Current: Organ donations are only legal with personal consent, next-of-kin may override personal consent.
Proposed: Unless otherwise stated, consent is assumed.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Police searches.
Old value:: The police can search a person or their property without restrictions.
Current: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court.
Proposed: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court or have reasonable grounds to suspect that a crime was committed.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change Public executions (if death penalty is legal).
Old value:: Executions are always carried out in public and/or broadcast on television.
Current: Executions are always carried out in private; however, family members, the victim and the victim's relatives are allowed to be present.
Proposed: Executions are always carried out in private; however, family members, the victim and the victim's relatives are allowed to be present.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Current: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Proposed: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Article 20
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: Recreational drugs sales are handled by private foundations which are heavily regulated by the government.
Article 21
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Article 22
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:52:24, August 27, 2019 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the WR Manifesto for 4627 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Not a Government bill, although if there are single articles which reach favour with any parties, do say and we can present a standalone piece of legislation. |
| Date | 09:30:23, August 28, 2019 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the WR Manifesto for 4627 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, what is the point in trying to pass a bill that we sure know won't pass and if it does, whose implications will be to big to apply it? Write your manifesto on your website, on the flyers, but the parliament is not the place for this. |
| Date | 13:40:17, August 28, 2019 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the WR Manifesto for 4627 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The CPL won’t tell us what we can present as elected representatives. OOC: it’s well established this is used to gain visibility |
| Date | 00:37:38, August 29, 2019 CET | From | Centre Alliance | To | Debating the WR Manifesto for 4627 |
| Message | OOC: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah makes sense, though you will have to get some legislation back before being able to present them as small pieces. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 109 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 293 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 199 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered." - Aristotle |