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Bill: "No First Use" Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Populist Social Democrats
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: February 2330
Description[?]:
| Whereas, We wish, as all parties do, to ensurethe safety of Likatonia, and Whereas, the reservation of the right to be the first to use chemical or biological weapons under any circumstances undermines the freedom, as pre-emptive strikes can be made against nations due to a perception that they will use such weapons, and Whereas, stating we will not be the first to use them retains our ability to retaliate, thus weakening the case for their usage against us, We hereby propose that we shall make it law that we will never use chemical or biological weapons unless another country in a war uses them first. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:57:15, December 15, 2006 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the "No First Use" Act |
| Message | This bill seems to the PLP to preserve the deterrence against using such weapons against our nation, while showing that Likatonia is not seen as a rogue state that would wage a war of aggression and be the first to use WMD's. |
| Date | 14:54:38, December 15, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the "No First Use" Act |
| Message | We see no reason to tie the hands of our fine military, who have served our cause so well and have never givin us any reason to suspect their loyalty or nobility. |
| Date | 17:33:27, December 15, 2006 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the "No First Use" Act |
| Message | This is, in fact, for the security of the military, as it assures the world that we will not be the first to attack with chemical or biological weapons, while simultaneously affirming a willingness to use them in retaliation if we were attacked in such a manner. For that matter, we have a law that allows us to respond to any WMD attack, including with such weapons, with nuclear weapons. We support that law; it is a great deterrent to any WMD use against us. If this bill fails, nations may feel they need to launch pre-emptive strikes to prevent a first strike by us of chemical or biological weapons. That does not make the citizens of Likatonia or those in our fine military any safer. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 41 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 259 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 51 |
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