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Bill: Justice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Peoples’ Communist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 4741
Description[?]:
| Act giving the citizens and regions of Luthori judicial rights and responsibilities, protecting them on the chance a tyrannical or overbearing faction takes power. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the appointment of judges/magistrates
Old value:: Judges/Magistrates are appointed by the Ministry of Justice.
Current: Judges/Magistrates are appointed by an independent commission.
Proposed: Judges/Magistrates are elected by the public.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the administration of law.
Old value:: There is a uniform system of courts across the nation.
Current: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Proposed: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:26:21, April 13, 2020 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the Justice Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We terminated elections because they allow political involvement in Justice. |
| Date | 23:34:00, April 13, 2020 CET | From | The Peoples’ Communist Party | To | Debating the Justice Act |
| Message | We cannot allow a government to decide how a judge should think or feel when it comes to cases, they shoild be able to think and decide for themselves. |
| Date | 23:34:47, April 13, 2020 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the Justice Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Which does not happen when they are elected and have to consider re-election, and funding and all those things. |
| Date | 23:35:02, April 13, 2020 CET | From | Holy Luthori Church ⚔️ | To | Debating the Justice Act |
| Message | Having Public elections makes the trials not trails by law, but by popular opinion...... |
| Date | 23:38:59, April 13, 2020 CET | From | The Peoples’ Communist Party | To | Debating the Justice Act |
| Message | The trials will be by law, not by popular opinion. The public is not deciding the outcome of cases, the elected judges are. However, the public deserves to choose who will preside over these cases, not a rubber stamped official appointed by the government. |
| Date | 23:40:27, April 13, 2020 CET | From | Holy Luthori Church ⚔️ | To | Debating the Justice Act |
| Message | Judges will be like poltiicans ruling in faovur of public opionon, instead fo by law, sicne only thing keeping them in thier psoitons are public elections |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 43 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 107 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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