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Bill: Freedom to demonstrate
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sunshine Party
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: November 2218
Description[?]:
| Restrictions on a citizen's right to demonstrate should only be if there is a risk to the safety of others. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:04:07, April 22, 2006 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Freedom to demonstrate |
| Message | We strong support this proposal. The police must have the powers to preserve public order. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 172 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon so long as there is no answer to it gives claws to the weak." - George Orwell |