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Bill: Perpetual State of Exception: Imperial Emergency Decree of MMCCCXXXII
Details
Submitted by[?]: Archonic Solentia Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2333
Description[?]:
| A malevolent, insidious, cancerous, nefarious plague is sweeping through Solentia, through the cities and the townships and all the provinces, through the common man's mind and the wealthy man's belongings, through the businesses and schools and shops, and through the very lifeblood of our great nation! An enemy to all is stirring. Of course, I am speaking of the Terrorists who have been gnawing at the foundations of Solentian life for eight years now. I am speaking, of course, of the traitorous criminals who have been stealing and slaughtering to fund their rebellion against the empire and against Solentia. But now, with the shops closed, the blinds drawn on every man's home, the troops guarding the Capital, and the eyes of the nation sealed shut, it is time, good Solentians, it is time that we act! SIC ACTO CONCILII SOLENTIAE FACIAT, PERPETUUM TEMPUS EXCEPTIONIS: IMPERII CONSULTUM DISCRIMENIS MMCCCXXII THEREFORE, LET IT BE ENACTED BY THE SOVEREIGN LEGISLATURE OF SOLENTIA, A PERPETUAL STATE OF EXCEPTION: IMPERIAL EMERGENCY DECREE of MMCCCXXXII The following State of Exception shall exist indefinitely and shall override all previous mandates of the State of Solentia. I. Surveillance and Security: i) The National Security forces shall be given the power to: a. arrest any inhabitant of Solentia indefinitely and without charge; b. interrogate suspects of terrorist acts as seen fit; c. surveil any inhabitant of Solentia as seen fit. ii) The Minister of Justice shall oversee the trials of convicted terrorists. iii) Those found guilty of Terrorism by the Ministry of Justice will be stripped of all rights and placed under the complete control of the National Security forces. iv) The Head of Government shall be in command of the National Security forces; veto powers and oversight shall be given to the Head of State. II. Emergency Governmental Mechanisms i) The Head of State may at any time declare a "State of Crisis" in which the following will occur: a. all businesses shall close; b. curfew is imposed for all non-security forces between 1700 and 900 hours; c. those in violation of curfew shall be shot on site; d. food rations shall be determined and distributed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services; e. all privacy and personal rights shall be suspended. ii) The Head of State and Head of Government may declare a "Governmental Inquiry" that shall last for six months in which the following will occur: a. the action of all governmental entities not determined as "essential" by the Head of Government will be suspended; b. all legislative, judicial, and executive powers will be transfered to the Cabinet. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:00:22, December 22, 2006 CET | From |  Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Perpetual State of Exception: Imperial Emergency Decree of MMCCCXXXII |
| Message | Terrorism isn't necessarily a bad thing you know... |
| Date | 02:10:36, December 23, 2006 CET | From | Archonic Solentia Party | To | Debating the Perpetual State of Exception: Imperial Emergency Decree of MMCCCXXXII |
| Message | Killing innocent people is necessarily a bad thing |
| Date | 03:38:51, December 23, 2006 CET | From | New Nuncirist Army | To | Debating the Perpetual State of Exception: Imperial Emergency Decree of MMCCCXXXII |
| Message | Redundant. |
| Date | 06:47:57, December 23, 2006 CET | From | Axis Solentian Deific Aretist Party | To | Debating the Perpetual State of Exception: Imperial Emergency Decree of MMCCCXXXII |
| Message | Oh right, they're not terrorists, they're "freedom fighters"... |
| Date | 01:11:51, December 24, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Perpetual State of Exception: Imperial Emergency Decree of MMCCCXXXII |
| Message | Exactly, and we embody that in the most literal sense possible. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 393 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 206 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon." - George Aiken |