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Bill: Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gaduri Green Socialist Union
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: July 2313
Description[?]:
| By the grace and authority of the Senate assembled, let it be enacted: An act to secure the freedom of the citizens of this Republic to assemble peacefully. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:02:53, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Gaduri Green Socialist Union | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | The Blue Party feels this is necessary to ensure the prevention of police oppression. The only reason a government could justifiably suspend a freedom is by emergency only and any political faction friendly to the individual and the people of the Republic would only agree. |
| Date | 15:59:30, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Free Movement of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | For security concerns, we must disagree |
| Date | 02:53:28, November 10, 2006 CET | From | Gaduri Green Socialist Union | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | We reiterate that the only circumstance in which a government can justifiably suspend the freedom to assembly is during extreme and emergency situations. Anything else is authoritarian and works against the namesake of your party. |
| Date | 14:15:05, November 10, 2006 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | The Totalitarian Party is against this bill. The police must have the power to protect our nation's citizens. |
| Date | 22:12:48, November 10, 2006 CET | From | Free Movement of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | Blue, if the crowd poses a threat, that IS an Extreme/Emergency Situation, this bill does not need to be changed |
| Date | 22:13:04, November 10, 2006 CET | From | Free Movement of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | or I should say this law |
| Date | 07:27:56, November 12, 2006 CET | From | Gaduri Green Socialist Union | To | Debating the Freedom and Fairness (Right of Assembly) Act |
| Message | The meaning of the policy should be interpreted as allowing suspension of the right to assemble during a formal declaration of emergency. Such a declaration is easily made by the government. Such a suspension of civil rights should only be made by the government during a situation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 271 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 120 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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