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Bill: Civil service reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Centrists
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: August 2038
Description[?]:
All government employees have to promise political independence. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Appointments and requirements for government employees.
Old value:: Government employees are selected and appointed in a political way.
Current: All government employees have to promise political independence.
Proposed: All government employees have to promise political independence.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | The RLP would support this. The executive branch should not attempt to frustrate the workings of the democratically elected legislature. |
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From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | It's not overly obvious is it. That's how I ended up with the death penalty bill that didn't actually do anything.
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From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | The Leviathan Party canot agree to this bill. Free speech is critical for an open society, and requiring government employees be independant is an infringement upon their ability to express themselves. While it is not right to appoint members of the civil service along partisan lines, it is not an acceptable solution to infring upon a right as basic as free expression to reform this practice. |
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From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | I disagree. The bill requires civil servants to be politically neutral in the execution of their duties.
Or in OOC terms, as it's proposing the UK rather than the US system I'm inclined to support it because the US system is ridiculously partisan. |
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From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | Civil servants, should be able to express their opinion, but should have to refrain from expressing it during government time, and from biasing their work in a partisan way. Should they overtly express their views, or bias their work, they will have given good reason to be expelled from our service. |
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From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | Civil servants should work to enforce the laws of the land, not their own personal agenda.
I support this bill |
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From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | So when it comes to the personal free speech rights of government employees, you're for the state restricting expression? |
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From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | In the capacity of their job yes. They're free to express their opinions as private citizens but it should not be a factor in performing their job. And if appoinments are to be made on the basis of political allegiances you're happy for people to be sacked for their political allegiances as well because it cuts both ways. |
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From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Civil service reform | Message | In real politck, though, people will have their free speech rights infringed upon. Activists will be told they must cease being so vocal, employess will be canned for not being independant enough; the end result here will be a chilling of political speech, something that is anathema to the principle of free speech. |
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