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Bill: Sekowan Security Law (SSL) of 2241
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Liberation Army
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: December 2242
Description[?]:
| In the Council of Peers of the Union of Sekowo A LAW To Ensure Security to the People of the Union. Section 1: The nation reserves the right to develop, purchase, and store biological/chemical weapons. Section 2: The nation reserves the right to use biological/chemical weapons. Section 3: A new agency, Union Central Intelligence (UCI) is created for clandestine missions abroad. Section 4: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons. Section 5: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct, and store nuclear weapons. Respectfully submitted, Juan José Viamonte People's Liberation Army Lieutenant General |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
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.
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 weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation maintains no intelligence agency.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in 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 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:41:56, June 14, 2006 CET | From |  Drake Party | To | Debating the Sekowan Security Law (SSL) of 2241 |
| Message | The Drake Party supports all of these excpet for article 4. |
| Date | 19:03:44, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Sekowan Security Law (SSL) of 2241 |
| Message | Articles 2 and 5 are intolerable, The RLS will not support any bill containing them. Article 4 is unnecessary as the current policy is completely sufficient. If a bill containing article 5 of this bill passes, the First Peer will immediately use the newfound government powers to nuke everybody that voted for it :) With regards to article 3, we can agree to a less extreme version. We should have an intelligence service capable of counterintelligence and surveillance of foreign countries. |
| Date | 20:36:25, June 14, 2006 CET | From | People's Liberation Army | To | Debating the Sekowan Security Law (SSL) of 2241 |
| Message | We will remove Article 4 for the time being. While there have been concerns of police corruption, we believe the security of our nation is more important. We must maintain the capability of first strike. The doctrine of mass nuclear annhilation is that if any nation launched nukes, then that nation would be retaliated against before those nukes even hit the defending nation. According to our current laws, enemies of the state can be assured that they will always have first strike capability in that we will only retaliate after we are attacked. This is unacceptable for the security of the Union. If First Peer Blanchard wants to nuke his own nation, he will have to wait until they are fully developed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 313 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 197 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 215 |
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