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Bill: Law and Order Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Baltusian Center Union (BCU)
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: February 5111
Description[?]:
| To strengthen law enforcement. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals who are charged with minor crimes are eligable to vote, others charged with serious crimes are not.
Current: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote after a certain period of time.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Current: No DNA is recorded.
Proposed: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning gated communities.
Old value:: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Current: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Proposed: The private sector can set up gated communities.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right to trial by jury (if there are courts)
Old value:: Individuals accused of any crime have the right to trial by jury.
Current: Individuals accused of any crime have the right to trial by jury.
Proposed: No one is allowed a trial by jury.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Policy on mandatory minimums
Old value:: There are mandatory minimums on violent/serious crimes
Current: There are no mandatory minimums
Proposed: There are mandatory minimums on all crimes
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:00:23, April 24, 2022 CET | From | Esinsundu Liberation Movement | To | Debating the Law and Order Act |
| Message | The Baltusian Centre Party choose to propose policies that will further toughen the stance of racist law enforcement against People of Color. |
| Date | 14:19:50, April 27, 2022 CET | From | Anti-Fascist Left Front (AFLF) | To | Debating the Law and Order Act |
| Message | It's astonishing how the BCU is drifting to the right more and more. Although we support a fair amount of these articles there are a few no-goes for our Union. |
| Date | 14:20:08, April 28, 2022 CET | From | Baltusian Center Union (BCU) | To | Debating the Law and Order Act |
| Message | We believe that a large part of the centre-right of the political spectrum is not heard and represented in this House. That is not good for our democracy and with our believes the BCU can solve that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 110 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 364 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 126 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt." - Dennis Miller |