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Bill: SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Liberal 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: December 2293
Description[?]:
| Article 1: "There is no sense at all in declaring a nation-wide curfew when an emergency may only be local. Bestowing power upon local governments to enact curfews when the state has given permission, is for the SLP the most prudent course of action." - António Vitorino Article 2 and 3: "It is essential for the state to operate at least one TV station and Radio Station, for the broadcasting of our parliamentary and government affairs, while safekeeping a media source for national emergency broadcasting. Otherwise the government would have no way to communicate with it's people in times of extreme crisis." - António Vitorino Article 4: "The current standing law is silly, naive, impractical and amounts to rhetoric terrorism. It is impossible to track down illegal aliens in that fashion without creating an environment of terror and xenophobia. Under current law, ordinary people's homes can be broken into when they are completely oblivious to illegal aliens. Actively searching for illegal aliens, is a sordid and senseless allocation of resources, in terms of police man-power and money. They should be fighting crime, preventing crime and protecting citizens, not knocking down doors and chasing for those who snuck past our border patrols. If reducing illegal immigration is the objective of this government, than border patrols should be reinforced and our immigration policy should reflect adapting migration patterns of qualified workforces or refugees. After all... people migrate for two reasons. To escape persecution and/or to seek better living conditions. Our current law does nothing to reduce illegal aliens, beyond the rhetoric of sending police officers randomly into people's dwellings." - António Vitorino. Article 5: "The SLP fails to understand the point as to why international media is not subject to the same regulation that domestic media is subject to." - Baltasar Garzon |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is free from regulation
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:56:35, October 03, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions. |
| Message | "The Social Liberal Party will allow time for active parties to debate this piece of legislation and also for the PP to negotiate a deal before sending this bill to the vote. O Social Liberal Party irá esperar para que possa ser debatido e para que o PP possa negociar as propostas antes dela ser votada. " - Guy Verhofstadt, SLP Leader. |
| Date | 22:37:29, October 03, 2006 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions. |
| Message | Não há negociações possíveis. As suas propostas violam todos os nossos princípios e valores políticos, morais, sociais, económicos, para não referir mais. Uma vez aberta a votação, votaremos contra! The People's Party rejects any type of negotiations. The SLP proposals are against all of our political, moral, social, economical principles and values. As so, we will vote against this proposals. |
| Date | 23:38:21, October 03, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions. |
| Message | "Espantoso!! Por exemplo... como é que é possível que este governo defende a regulação do conteúdo dos "média" doméstico e não dos "média" internacional? Pergunto eu mesmo perante esta assembleia, qual será a justificação para tal." - Baltasar Garzon |
| Date | 00:50:52, October 04, 2006 CET | From | Green Workers Party | To | Debating the SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions. |
| Message | This all makes sense to us. You have our vote. |
| Date | 01:19:33, October 04, 2006 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions. |
| Message | "Meus caros Sociais Liberais (seja lá o que os senhores entenderem por isso), os senhores, para além dessa proposta, propõem toda uma outra série de irresponsabilidades que nós recusamos veementemente. Lamento, eu sei que os senhores ficam irritados, mas esta é a posição do nosso Governo." - O Primeiro-Ministro. |
| Date | 11:15:13, October 04, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the SLP - Justice Reform - Imigration, National Emergency Provisions. |
| Message | "Portanto a posição do governo e de acordo com a lei em vigor, é regular a televisão e rádio doméstica, e não regular a televisão e rádio internacional com emissão em território nacional. Parece-nos muito pouco coerente. E já agora aproveito esta ocasião para lhe dar a conhecer uma veia política que está aparentemente fora do espectro do PP que resume-se ao paternalismo conservador à direita libertária e teoria económica lassaiz-faire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Liberalism Ou em Português. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalismo_social Muito obrigado." - Dirk Verhofstadt. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 131 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 77 |
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