Awaiting Assent P.B.04-044 | Freedom of Affiliation Act

[PhillinDeBlanc]

Spoiler: Parliament Vote: 5-4-3

VOTE ON PASSAGE: PASSED

PARTY	AYE	NAY	ABS	NV
IGNITE	1	3	2	2
GREENS	0	4	0	1
LPS	1	0	1	1
ANP	3	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	4	3	4

IGNITE
McBrittle419: DNV
BubbaNak: DNV
ConsequencesInc: ABS
PhilinDeBlanc: AYE
Bernard_Madoff: ABS

GREENS
Rubilubi55: NAY
JuliaMC: DNV
Talion77: NAY
Kaiser_Bismarck: NAY
MrNeighbor: NAY

LPS
SoggehToast: ABS
Capt11543: DNV
MrRoyaltys: AYE

ANP
ComplexKing: AYE
bloodyrebals: AYE
Thritystone: AYE

A
BILL
TO
Freedom of Affiliation Act​

1 — About this Act
(1) This Act

(a) may be cited as ‘Freedom of Affiliation Act'.​

(b) may be numbered as P.B.04-044.​

(c) shall be enacted upon being publicly assented.​

(d) has been authored by Minister of Foreign Affairs PhillinDeBlanc.​

(e) has been co-sponsored by Member of Parliament ConsequencesInc.​

2 — Party Membership
(1) The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall not under any circumstances by policy, fiat or any other measures:

(a) limit the participation of any player in any political party or parties;​

(b) cajole a political party into limiting the participation of their members in a different political party or parties.​

(2) A political party may limit the participation of their members in other political parties as they see fit.

3 — Existing Policy
(1) Any existing MoIA policy that contradicts language set forth in this act shall be considered unenforceable, legally void and shall be repealed immediately.

 

[PhillinDeBlanc]

Parliament notes:
(1) Policy set by our Minister of Internal Affairs currently violates players' 9th constitutional rights. We must do our job as Parliament and maintain oversight on the executive lest they abuse their power. We must bring the MoIA to heel.

Based on this, Parliament decides:
(1) To explicitly limit the MoIA's ability to limit players' party membership.

To implement this, Parliament projects the following expenses:
(1) None

Further, Parliament projects the following administrative efforts:
(1) The MoIA will likely have to look through existing policy to repeal anything that may conflict with this act.

To implement the above, Parliament passes:

A
BILL
TO
Freedom of Affiliation Act​

1 - About this Act
(1) This Act

(a) may be cited as ‘Freedom of Affiliation Act'.​

(b) may be numbered as P.B.04-044.​

(c) shall be enacted upon being publicly assented.​

(d) has been authored by Minister of Foreign Affairs, PhillinDeBlanc.​

(e) has been co-sponsored by Member of Parliament, ConsequencesInc.​

2 - Party Membership
(1) The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall not under any circumstances by policy, fiat or any other measures:

(a) limit the participation of any player in any political party or parties;​

(b) cajole a political party into limiting the participation of their members in a different political party or parties.​

(2) A political party may limit the participation of their members in other political parties as they see fit.

3 - Existing Policy
(1) Any existing MoIA policy that contradicts language set forth in this act shall be considered unenforceable, legally void and shall be repealed immediately .

 

[AsexualDinosaur]

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