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Bill: No Conscription Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fundamentalists First
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: April 2269
Description[?]:
| We should not send out young population to war involuntarily.... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:51:14, August 12, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Party | To | Debating the No Conscription Act |
| Message | How about changing the law to include compulsory civilian service? |
| Date | 03:30:56, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the No Conscription Act |
| Message | Yes, I agree with the PDP. Conscription is necessary in times of war, and in all honesty, we provide such excellent benefits to our people that they should return the service by serving our nation in some way. |
| Date | 06:26:34, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Fundamentalists First | To | Debating the No Conscription Act |
| Message | I dont believe in involuntarily throwing people into a life threatening situation.... |
| Date | 18:27:02, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the No Conscription Act |
| Message | When your nation faces elimination? Our new bill would give people a choice between military or some other kind of lesser paid civilian service. I urge all to vote for it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 111 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 164 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 326 |
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