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Bill: The Defense of the Nation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Rural Conservative Association
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: January 4724
Description[?]:
| A bill in order to make sure our nation is able to defend itself in face of outside forces and inside ones. |
Proposals
Article 1
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, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of 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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:09:14, March 08, 2020 CET | From | Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) | To | Debating the The Defense of the Nation Bill |
| Message | The Beluzia Renewal Party would consider supporting Article 3. As for the other two articles, does the RCA take the same view for nuclear weapons? |
| Date | 11:50:55, March 09, 2020 CET | From | The Rural Conservative Association | To | Debating the The Defense of the Nation Bill |
| Message | Yes, the RCA does agree with that concerning weapons of a Nuclear nature. |
| Date | 22:51:22, March 09, 2020 CET | From | Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) | To | Debating the The Defense of the Nation Bill |
| Message | In principle, the government would support this Bill. In fact, for article 2 we would prefer the option to use chemical or biological weapons for whatever reason. Setting such policies of these should not be seen as those of a warmongering administration. Rather, they are policies belonging (at least in the case of the Beluzia Renewal Party) to those who want to provide the maximum guarantee of safety possible for our citizens by providing the ultimate in deterrence. Deterrence only works realistically if the strongest possible consequences are perceived to be realistic and you are believed to be prepared to trigger those consequences. Making "peaceful" statements, as the current laws do, provides zero deterrence. Changing our policies to those proposed does not mean we have any desire to use chemical or biological weapons. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 301 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 199 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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