[NSG Senate] Senate Chamber: Do We Have Work?

[Nariterrr]

"Could the Speaker please publish the order paper."

[Arkolon]

"Typos are an honest mistake many people makz."

[Belmaria]

"I will restate my previous concerns about this bill. In its current form, it does not protect smaller parties from discrimination against their legislation on behalf of a corrupt speaker." Alan looked at the current speaker. "And yes, Mr. Speaker, we can discuss hypotheticals without implying that our current speaker is corrupt. This is no "thinly veiled" attempt at slandering our current speaker, and I trust that our current speaker won't have me forcibly thrown out again for raising this important point."

[Kamchastkia]

"I will restate my previous concerns about this bill. In its current form, it does not protect smaller parties from discrimination against their legislation on behalf of a corrupt speaker." Alan looked at the current speaker. "And yes, Mr. Speaker, we can discuss hypotheticals without implying that our current speaker is corrupt. This is no "thinly veiled" attempt at slandering our current speaker, and I trust that our current speaker won't have me forcibly thrown out again for raising this important point."

"If a speaker is corrupt they can be removed, your concerns are unfounded."

[Belmaria]

"I will restate my previous concerns about this bill. In its current form, it does not protect smaller parties from discrimination against their legislation on behalf of a corrupt speaker." Alan looked at the current speaker. "And yes, Mr. Speaker, we can discuss hypotheticals without implying that our current speaker is corrupt. This is no "thinly veiled" attempt at slandering our current speaker, and I trust that our current speaker won't have me forcibly thrown out again for raising this important point."

"If a speaker is corrupt they can be removed, your concerns are unfounded."

"At that point, it becomes a matter of which political bloc is best served by the speaker, and whether that bloc has enough votes to keep said speaker in power. That's not something we should leave to chance."

[Collatis]

"This is a reasonable bill that people of all ideologies should be able to get behind. I hope to see it pass this chamber."

[The Licentian Isles]

"I literally cannot fathom how the member from the SLP sees this as a way to abuse smaller parties. This is simply a bill to ensure that we can correct minor mistakes in our legislation. Common sense lawmaking, and should obviously be passed."

[Nariterrr]

"If a speaker is corrupt they can be removed, your concerns are unfounded."

"At that point, it becomes a matter of which political bloc is best served by the speaker, and whether that bloc has enough votes to keep said speaker in power. That's not something we should leave to chance."

"Stop being paranoid, the government is not the boogeyman and they aren't out to get you"

[Tumbra]

"Order. The debate on the Typographical Errors Corrections Act is now closed."

"The order paper is finally here, after some delays at the printer's office."

Order Paper

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All times stated are tentatively 1830 UTC + 8 (Elizian Timezone) unless stated.

Sunday to Monday - International Recognition Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Monday to Tuesday - Typographical Errors Correction Act (Sen. John Chiu)

Tuesday to Wednesday - International Organizations Accession Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Wednesday to Thursday - An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption (Sen. Ahmed Corbor)

Thursday to Friday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act (Sen. Juwita bin Fajar)

Friday to Saturday - Voting on proposed bills

"We now begin debate on the International Organizations Accession Act, by Sen. Duong." Richard looked tired as he read out the bills to be debated. The twinkle in his eye was long gone.

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International Organizations Accession Act
| Author: Ujang Duong (Path) |
| Sponsors:Katijah binti Nadeem (LD), Siva Jeyaratnam (EF), Tjilik Beluluk (Path), Abraham Kamassi (LP), Leon Mourani (Fed), Alan Chan (slp)|

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§1 - Organizations to apply to join as a member

1. Upon the passage of this bill, Elizia shall apply to, ratify the statutes of, as well as relevant UN conventions, or otherwise seek to join as a full member, the following organizations:

a. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
b. Permanent Court of Arbitration
c. Global Environment Facility
d. International Whaling Commission
e. International Seabed Authority
f. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
g. International Tropical Timber Organization
h. World Organisation for Animal Health
i. International Renewable Energy Agency
j. International Bureau of Weights and Measures
k. International Organization for Migration
l. International Olympic Committee
m. World Nature Organization
n. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
o. Alliance of Small Island States
p. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
q. ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network
r. Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission
s. Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
t. International Maritime Organization
u. Conference on Disarmament
v. Nuclear Suppliers Group
w. International Criminal Court
x. Asia Cooperation Dialogue
y. East Asia Summit
z. Colombo Plan
aa. Indian-Ocean Rim Association
ab. International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
ac. Non-Aligned Movement
ad. Group of 77

§2 - Organizations to join as an observer

1. Upon the passage of this bill, Elizia shall apply to, ratify the statutes of, or otherwise seek to join as an observer, the following organizations:

a. SAARC
b. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

[Tumbra]

"Given that twenty-two hours of the allocated twenty-four hours have been used up without even a single speech on the matter at hand, I shall give the Chamber a break and commence debate on the next bill, which hopefully will have more robust and civilised debate."

Order Paper

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All times stated are tentatively 1830 UTC + 8 (Elizian Timezone) unless stated.

Sunday to Monday - International Recognition Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Monday to Tuesday - Typographical Errors Correction Act (Sen. John Chiu)

Tuesday to Wednesday - International Organizations Accession Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Wednesday to Thursday - An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption (Sen. Ahmed Corbor)

Thursday to Friday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act (Sen. Juwita bin Fajar)

Friday to Saturday - Voting on proposed bills

Saturday to Sunday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act

"We shall begin debate on An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption by Sen. Ahmed Corbor. May I also take this time to implore him that a title starting with 'An' is the long title of the Act, and that a Short title would be greatly appreciated by most members, not least me."

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An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption
| Author: The Hon. Ahmed Corbor (SLP) |
| Sponsors: The Hon. John Chiu, (CIP) | Linanto Aiguo (LD) | Ryan binti Kamaaluddeen (SU) | Alan Chan (SLP) | Michel Nugati (LD)
An act to prohibit curroption and to find ways to combat corruption.

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Chapter I - Defining Corruption

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1. Corruption shall be the act whereby a member of an office of public trust dishonestly or fraudulently conducts himself or herself in office or;
2. mismanages monies and profits granted to his office in the way of bribery or;
3. violates the integrity of his or her office or;
4. encourages the act of corruption and is complacent or complicit in doing it.
5. If a person has committed at least one of the following acts, s/he shall be guilty of corruption.

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Chapter II - Defining Aspects of Corruption.

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§1 - Bribery

1. Bribery shall be the act of giving out an illegal bribe as defined by further articles.
2. Bribery shall be defined as illegally gifting monetary units or gifts to a person in order to sway their opinion, or violating laws on donating monetary units or gifts to a politician.
3. If a person gifts an illegal bribe, s/he shall be guilty of bribery.
4. If a person receives an illegal bribe, s/he shall be guilty of bribery.
5. Bribery shall be considered a form of corruption of a government offical, all persons complicient in bribery shall also be complicient in curroption.

§2 - Embezzlement, Theft and Fraud

1. Embezzlement and theft shall involve a person(s) with access to funds or assets unconsentually taking control of them.
2. Fraud shall involve using deception to convince the owner of funds or assets to give them up to an unauthorized party.
3. Such acts shall be considered corruption of a government official where applicable.

§3 - Extortion and blackmail

1. Extortion and blackmail shall involve the use of threats to advance personal interests. Such matters can be the threat of violence or false imprisonment as well as exposure of an individual's secrets or prior crimes.
2.This includes such behavior as an influential person threatening to go to the media if they do not receive speedy medical treatment (at the expense of other patients) or;
3. threatening a public official with exposure of their secrets if they do not vote in a particular manner, or demanding money in exchange for continued secrecy.
4. If done to a government official or done by a government official, extortion and blackmail shall be considered corruption.

§4 - Abuse of discretion

1. Abuse of discretion refers to the misuse of one's powers with gross and malicous intent and decision-making facilities or;
2. a judge improperly dismissing a criminal case or;
3. customs official using their discretion to allow a banned substance through a port or facility.
3. threatening a public official with exposure of their secrets if they do not vote in a particular manner, or demanding money in exchange for continued secrecy.
4. Abuse of discretion shall be considered corruption.

§5 - Favoritism, nepotism and clientelism

1. Favouritism, nepotism, and clientelism shall involve the favouring of someone related to a perpetrator of corruption, such as a friend, family member or member of an association or;
2. hiring or promoting a family member or staff member to a role they are not qualified for, who belongs to the same political party as the official, regardless of merit.
4. Favoritism, nepotism, and clientelism shall be considered acts of corruption.

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Chapter III - Penalties

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1. The penalty for grand corruption, whereby it is exposed that a persons corruption caused serious harm to society, government or otherwise, shall be at least twenty years imprisonment to life imprisonment and a fine of no less than three-hundred thousand dollars, as well as a permanent seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public trust.
2. the penalty of general corruption, whereby a person is exposed to have committed more than one type of corruption or has repeatedly been corrupted with gross or malicious intent, shall be at least ten years imprisonment to thirty years imprisonment, a fine of no less than two-hundred thousand dollars, and a permanent seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public trust.
3. Corruption by bribery, whereby a briber attempts to or succeeds in bribing a government official or if a government official accepts said bribe, shall be punished by no less than five years imprisonment and no more than twenty, a fine of no less than one-hundred thousand dollars, a loss of public confidence and a permanent seizure of all corrupted assets as well as a loss of public trust.
4. General bribery, whereby a person commits bribery to a non-government official, shall be punished by at least two years and at the most ten years imprisonment, a fine of no less than ten-thousand dollars, and a seizure of all bribed assets and a loss of public confidence.
5. Corruption by embezzlement, theft, and fraud, whereby a person attempts to commit embezzlement, theft, and fraud to a government official shall be punished by no less than five years and no more than twenty years imprisonment, a fine of no less than twenty thousand dollars, a seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public confidence.
6. Corruption by extortion and blackmail, whereby a person attempts to extort or blackmail a government official, shall be punished by at least five years and no more than twenty years imprisonment, a fine of twenty thousand dollars, a seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public confidence.
7. Corruption by abuse of discretion shall be punished by at least two years and no more than ten years imprisonment, a fine of no less than ten-thousand dollars and a loss of public confidence.
8. Corruption by favoritism, nepotism, and clientelism shall be punished by a fine of no more than five thousand dollars and a loss of public confidence.
9. Corruption abroad is liable for prosecution in Elizia, seizure of said assets will be requested.

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Chapter IV - Detering Curroption

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§1 - The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency

1. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall be responsible for monitoring and deterring corruption.
2. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall monitor public spending, spending by government official, shall monitor donations and gifts, and conduct reports.
3. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agencies operating board shall be made up of a board of five members, each member shall be directly chosen by the Parliament after the resignation, removal or death of another. Members of the board shall have a high moral and legal standing, and must remain uninfluenced by politics.
4. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall, upon complaint, investigate government officials and those suspected of being complicit in corruption, it's meetings shall be purely confidential until a report is drafted and sent to prosecutors.
5. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall have the right to subpoena any person to testify before the board, and if the board finds that there is evidence for criminal prosecution, the board will notify prosecutors for further questionings.
6. Repeated failure to use the Donations and Spending Log or gross misconduct of it by government officials shall constitute a felony punishable by at least two years imprisonment and a fine of no less than twenty thousand dollars. Such investigations into the validity of Donations and Spendings Logs shall be done by the Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency.

§2 - Spending and Donations Log

1. Upon receiving a donation for any reason, a government official shall record that donation into his or her Spendings and Donations Log.
2. All monetary or gift giving transactions shall done by a government official or on his her behalf shall be recorded in his or her Spendings and Donations Log.
3. All government transactions, or transactions taken on the government's behalf, with the exception of those classified by law or order, shall be recorded in the Government Spending Log.
4. All orders or writs shall be written in the appropriate Spending (and Donations) Log.
5. The Spending Log of any government agency shall be available to the people and must be released on request. Personal Spending and Donation Logs of government officals shall be privy to only the Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency, who can release the log at their discretion.

§3 - Campaign Donations

1. Campaign donations by private persons to Senators that do not exceed five thousand dollars shall be considered legal, or a gift not exceeding five thousand dollars. Donations can only be done once every election cycle.
2. Campaign donations by groups or private interests to Senators that do not exceed twenty thousand dollars shall be considered legal, or a gift not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Donations can be given only once every election cycle.
3. Any campaign donations exceeding the legal limit shall be deemed illegal and punished as bribery. It shall be the duty of the Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency to investigate them.
4. Campaign donations shall be logged in the Spending and Donations Log of said Senator.
5. Campaigns for offices of Senators shall be publically funded, however, donations can be made to help with campaigning. Campaign contributions must be specifically used for campaigns and only campaigns, failure to comply constitutes theft of public and private assets.

§4 - Donations to Government Officials outside of elections

1. Donations to government officials outside of elections shall be legal if and only if such donations does not sway the vote of a government official, such donations cannot exceed more than five thousand dollars.
2. Monetary lobbying a government official during a vote shall be strictly illegal and shall be considered bribery.
4. Asking or receiving donations within the Parliament building shall be strictly illegal and shall be considered bribery.
5. Asking or receiving donations to be elevated to a ministerial office shall be strictly illegal and shall be considered general corruption.
6. Asking or receiving donations from foreign powers or officers shall be strictly illegal and punished as general corruption.

§5 - Corruption Deterance System

1. A Corruption Deterrence System shall be set up to monitor the transactions of a government official.
2. If a government official is found to have deposited a large sum of money quickly, acts untransparently, or is in any other way acts ambiguously, the Corruption Deterance System shall notify the Board of the Elizian Anti-Corruption Board, who will investigate.

[Nariterrr]

"Given that twenty-two hours of the allocated twenty-four hours have been used up without even a single speech on the matter at hand, I shall give the Chamber a break and commence debate on the next bill, which hopefully will have more robust and civilised debate."

Order Paper

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All times stated are tentatively 1830 UTC + 8 (Elizian Timezone) unless stated.

Sunday to Monday - International Recognition Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Monday to Tuesday - Typographical Errors Correction Act (Sen. John Chiu)

Tuesday to Wednesday - International Organizations Accession Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Wednesday to Thursday - An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption (Sen. Ahmed Corbor)

Thursday to Friday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act (Sen. Juwita bin Fajar)

Friday to Saturday - Voting on proposed bills

Saturday to Sunday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act

"We shall begin debate on An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption by Sen. Ahmed Corbor. May I also take this time to implore him that a title starting with 'An' is the long title of the Act, and that a Short title would be greatly appreciated by most members, not least me."

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An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption
| Author: The Hon. Ahmed Corbor (SLP) |
| Sponsors: The Hon. John Chiu, (CIP) | Linanto Aiguo (LD) | Ryan binti Kamaaluddeen (SU) | Alan Chan (SLP) | Michel Nugati (LD)
An act to prohibit curroption and to find ways to combat corruption.

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Chapter I - Defining Corruption

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1. Corruption shall be the act whereby a member of an office of public trust dishonestly or fraudulently conducts himself or herself in office or;
2. mismanages monies and profits granted to his office in the way of bribery or;
3. violates the integrity of his or her office or;
4. encourages the act of corruption and is complacent or complicit in doing it.
5. If a person has committed at least one of the following acts, s/he shall be guilty of corruption.

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Chapter II - Defining Aspects of Corruption.

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§1 - Bribery

1. Bribery shall be the act of giving out an illegal bribe as defined by further articles.
2. Bribery shall be defined as illegally gifting monetary units or gifts to a person in order to sway their opinion, or violating laws on donating monetary units or gifts to a politician.
3. If a person gifts an illegal bribe, s/he shall be guilty of bribery.
4. If a person receives an illegal bribe, s/he shall be guilty of bribery.
5. Bribery shall be considered a form of corruption of a government offical, all persons complicient in bribery shall also be complicient in curroption.

§2 - Embezzlement, Theft and Fraud

1. Embezzlement and theft shall involve a person(s) with access to funds or assets unconsentually taking control of them.
2. Fraud shall involve using deception to convince the owner of funds or assets to give them up to an unauthorized party.
3. Such acts shall be considered corruption of a government official where applicable.

§3 - Extortion and blackmail

1. Extortion and blackmail shall involve the use of threats to advance personal interests. Such matters can be the threat of violence or false imprisonment as well as exposure of an individual's secrets or prior crimes.
2.This includes such behavior as an influential person threatening to go to the media if they do not receive speedy medical treatment (at the expense of other patients) or;
3. threatening a public official with exposure of their secrets if they do not vote in a particular manner, or demanding money in exchange for continued secrecy.
4. If done to a government official or done by a government official, extortion and blackmail shall be considered corruption.

§4 - Abuse of discretion

1. Abuse of discretion refers to the misuse of one's powers with gross and malicous intent and decision-making facilities or;
2. a judge improperly dismissing a criminal case or;
3. customs official using their discretion to allow a banned substance through a port or facility.
3. threatening a public official with exposure of their secrets if they do not vote in a particular manner, or demanding money in exchange for continued secrecy.
4. Abuse of discretion shall be considered corruption.

§5 - Favoritism, nepotism and clientelism

1. Favouritism, nepotism, and clientelism shall involve the favouring of someone related to a perpetrator of corruption, such as a friend, family member or member of an association or;
2. hiring or promoting a family member or staff member to a role they are not qualified for, who belongs to the same political party as the official, regardless of merit.
4. Favoritism, nepotism, and clientelism shall be considered acts of corruption.

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Chapter III - Penalties

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1. The penalty for grand corruption, whereby it is exposed that a persons corruption caused serious harm to society, government or otherwise, shall be at least twenty years imprisonment to life imprisonment and a fine of no less than three-hundred thousand dollars, as well as a permanent seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public trust.
2. the penalty of general corruption, whereby a person is exposed to have committed more than one type of corruption or has repeatedly been corrupted with gross or malicious intent, shall be at least ten years imprisonment to thirty years imprisonment, a fine of no less than two-hundred thousand dollars, and a permanent seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public trust.
3. Corruption by bribery, whereby a briber attempts to or succeeds in bribing a government official or if a government official accepts said bribe, shall be punished by no less than five years imprisonment and no more than twenty, a fine of no less than one-hundred thousand dollars, a loss of public confidence and a permanent seizure of all corrupted assets as well as a loss of public trust.
4. General bribery, whereby a person commits bribery to a non-government official, shall be punished by at least two years and at the most ten years imprisonment, a fine of no less than ten-thousand dollars, and a seizure of all bribed assets and a loss of public confidence.
5. Corruption by embezzlement, theft, and fraud, whereby a person attempts to commit embezzlement, theft, and fraud to a government official shall be punished by no less than five years and no more than twenty years imprisonment, a fine of no less than twenty thousand dollars, a seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public confidence.
6. Corruption by extortion and blackmail, whereby a person attempts to extort or blackmail a government official, shall be punished by at least five years and no more than twenty years imprisonment, a fine of twenty thousand dollars, a seizure of all corrupted assets and a loss of public confidence.
7. Corruption by abuse of discretion shall be punished by at least two years and no more than ten years imprisonment, a fine of no less than ten-thousand dollars and a loss of public confidence.
8. Corruption by favoritism, nepotism, and clientelism shall be punished by a fine of no more than five thousand dollars and a loss of public confidence.
9. Corruption abroad is liable for prosecution in Elizia, seizure of said assets will be requested.

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Chapter IV - Detering Curroption

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§1 - The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency

1. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall be responsible for monitoring and deterring corruption.
2. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall monitor public spending, spending by government official, shall monitor donations and gifts, and conduct reports.
3. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agencies operating board shall be made up of a board of five members, each member shall be directly chosen by the Parliament after the resignation, removal or death of another. Members of the board shall have a high moral and legal standing, and must remain uninfluenced by politics.
4. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall, upon complaint, investigate government officials and those suspected of being complicit in corruption, it's meetings shall be purely confidential until a report is drafted and sent to prosecutors.
5. The Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency shall have the right to subpoena any person to testify before the board, and if the board finds that there is evidence for criminal prosecution, the board will notify prosecutors for further questionings.
6. Repeated failure to use the Donations and Spending Log or gross misconduct of it by government officials shall constitute a felony punishable by at least two years imprisonment and a fine of no less than twenty thousand dollars. Such investigations into the validity of Donations and Spendings Logs shall be done by the Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency.

§2 - Spending and Donations Log

1. Upon receiving a donation for any reason, a government official shall record that donation into his or her Spendings and Donations Log.
2. All monetary or gift giving transactions shall done by a government official or on his her behalf shall be recorded in his or her Spendings and Donations Log.
3. All government transactions, or transactions taken on the government's behalf, with the exception of those classified by law or order, shall be recorded in the Government Spending Log.
4. All orders or writs shall be written in the appropriate Spending (and Donations) Log.
5. The Spending Log of any government agency shall be available to the people and must be released on request. Personal Spending and Donation Logs of government officals shall be privy to only the Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency, who can release the log at their discretion.

§3 - Campaign Donations

1. Campaign donations by private persons to Senators that do not exceed five thousand dollars shall be considered legal, or a gift not exceeding five thousand dollars. Donations can only be done once every election cycle.
2. Campaign donations by groups or private interests to Senators that do not exceed twenty thousand dollars shall be considered legal, or a gift not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Donations can be given only once every election cycle.
3. Any campaign donations exceeding the legal limit shall be deemed illegal and punished as bribery. It shall be the duty of the Elizian Anti-Corruption Agency to investigate them.
4. Campaign donations shall be logged in the Spending and Donations Log of said Senator.
5. Campaigns for offices of Senators shall be publically funded, however, donations can be made to help with campaigning. Campaign contributions must be specifically used for campaigns and only campaigns, failure to comply constitutes theft of public and private assets.

§4 - Donations to Government Officials outside of elections

1. Donations to government officials outside of elections shall be legal if and only if such donations does not sway the vote of a government official, such donations cannot exceed more than five thousand dollars.
2. Monetary lobbying a government official during a vote shall be strictly illegal and shall be considered bribery.
4. Asking or receiving donations within the Parliament building shall be strictly illegal and shall be considered bribery.
5. Asking or receiving donations to be elevated to a ministerial office shall be strictly illegal and shall be considered general corruption.
6. Asking or receiving donations from foreign powers or officers shall be strictly illegal and punished as general corruption.

§5 - Corruption Deterance System

1. A Corruption Deterrence System shall be set up to monitor the transactions of a government official.
2. If a government official is found to have deposited a large sum of money quickly, acts untransparently, or is in any other way acts ambiguously, the Corruption Deterance System shall notify the Board of the Elizian Anti-Corruption Board, who will investigate.

"If I am allowed to change the short title, 'Deterring and Prohibiting Corruption Act' would be fine"


"As for the bill at hand, it is time that we recognize that Elizia is corrupt, we need a bill that will actively prohibit corruption and go to all measures to stop it. I see no reason why anyone would 'nay' this bill."

[Davincia]

"The bill at hand is fine as it is. I don't expect to see much debate over it."

[Tumbra]

"

"The bill at hand is fine as it is. I don't expect to see much debate over it."

"And the Hon. Member was right. The debate may have stopped dead but these chicken nuggets are delicious."

Order Paper

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All times stated are tentatively 1830 UTC + 8 (Elizian Timezone) unless stated.

Sunday to Monday - International Recognition Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Monday to Tuesday - Typographical Errors Correction Act (Sen. John Chiu)

Tuesday to Wednesday - International Organizations Accession Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Wednesday to Thursday - An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption (Sen. Ahmed Corbor)

Thursday to Friday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act (Sen. Juwita bin Fajar)

Friday to Saturday - Voting on proposed bills

Saturday to Sunday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act

"We shall begin debate on the Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act."

Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act
| Author: Juwita bin Fajar (LDP) |
| Sponsors: The Hon. Ahmed Corbor (SLP) | Linanto Aiguo (LD) | Thu Tran (Ind) | Adonis Hadiningrat (LD) | Michel Nugati (LB) |

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An act to ensure that all Elizians can find employment, be safe when out of employment and have access to healthcare, through an insurance scheme that will aid all Elizians.

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§1 – The Elizian National Insurance Scheme (ENIS)
1. The Elizian Government will set up the Elizian National Insurance Scheme (ENIS), which will provide access to healthcare infrastructure currently available, along with help to find employment, including a small provision for whilst they are searching for employment
2. All Elizians, no matter of race, income or any other factor, will pay into the National Insurance Scheme once they enter employment
3. All those who earn less than the Elizian average wage will pay 1% of all pre-tax earnings into ENIS, those who earn the average wage up to the median wage shall pay 2.5% of all pre-tax earnings, and all those who earn above the median wage will pay 5%, every month.
4. All Elizians who pay into ENIS will recieve a unique identifying number (ENISID) which will allow them to use the services provided by ENIS

§2 – Healthcare Provision
1. All Elizians who pay into ENIS will be allowed access to all of the healthcare services provided below within the private sector, along with any future public sector healthcare, and all private sector practices will have to allow patients who declare their ENISID to recieve the services described below:

1. Diagnosis of disease and prescription of treatment
2. Emergency treatment for broken bones, heart attacks, strokes and similar potentially fatal medical situations, where a private practice is the nearest available service
3. Treatment for vision impairments, including cataracts and similar, where a private practice is the nearest available service
4. Midwifery services when a private practice is the nearest available service
5. Treatment for cancer that doesn't exceed the Elizian equivalent of $5000
6. Treatment for Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Pneumonia, Diarrheal diseases including Cholera, and all other diseases associated with poverty
7. All vaccinations where are private practice is the nearest available service, or where a public service doesn't provide the vaccination

2. ENIS also provides 10 weeks of half of the pay of those who earn below the 1st quartile of wages as sick pay in order to allow them to support themselves during medical treatment. Those up until the median recieve a quarter of what they would get, and above that they recieve no additional benefit.
3. Those who are unemployed can claim the ENIS Healthcare Provision, and repayments will be satisfied according to Section 4 of this bill
4. The government will pay the private service using the funds acquired from ENIS payments, which will form part of a National Insurance Fund (NIF)

§3 – Unemployment Provision and "Aid to Work":
1. Those who find themselves unemployed and who have payed into ENIS can apply to the NIF for an unemployment payment, if they feel they need it to support themselves (this may be subject to a review of personal finances)
2. The worth of the unemployment payment will be set to a "Living Wage", to ensure that claimees can support themselves during the time
3. The government will create an "Aid to Work" scheme, which all claimees of the Unemployment Provision will have to take part in, or else their provision will be cut by half, until they join the "Aid to Work" scheme
4. The "Aid to Work" scheme will help those who are unemployed to find work, by assessing their skills and showing potential job openings
5. If a claimee is offered a job opening and refuses more than 3 times, then the unemployment benefit will be cut by 25%
6. Those who have never been in employment can use the "Aid to Work" scheme, and repayments will be satisfied according to Section 4 of this bill

§4 – Use of Services by Non-Payers and Repayments:
1. As aforementioned, those who have not payed into ENIS in the past due to unemployment can apply for the healthcare and unemployment provisions provided by ENIS.
2. The claimee will be considered to be in debt to the government, and will have to repay the debts in weekly payments until of the worth of the claimed provision has been returned, by National Insurance payments increased by 10% once the claimee has found employment
3. The claimee shall instantly be signed up onto the "Aid for Work" scheme, and if a claimee is offered a job opening and refuses more than 3 times, they will be subject to the same penalty as ENIS payer claimants
4. Failure to pay back the debt once employment has been secured will result in the claimee being fined, and if the fine is not payed prosecution proceedings will take place

[Electrum]

One wonders if certain elements of the LD would be opposed to this bill.

[Normandy and Picardy]

Juwita bin Fajar stood as the time for debate on his bill begun, and spoke as thus:

Honourable Senators, I present to you today a bill to help all Elizians to build a better future for themselves, just as we must build a better Elizia, not through spending billions on oversized and unaffordable welfare projects but by providing a real solution to poverty, for it is poverty we must vanquish. It is the one great evil that is holding our nation back, and it is one we must tackle. I will not claim this bill is a panacea to all of the nation's problems, but I believe it serves as a solid foundation in order to allow us to create a brighter future for ordinary Elizians. The Elizian National Insurance Scheme, the Aid to Work Scheme and all the measures outlined by this bill will help us to achieve this. All Elizians will pay in to help their fellow brothers and sisters, allowing those who fall into difficulty to claim an unemployment allowance, which will be payed back by payments into the National Insurance scheme; instead of throwing money as people from nowhere, people are paying in to help themselves. Indeed, the problem with many welfare projects is there is no reason to stop claiming, no reason to go to work rather than claiming, but that is not the case with this one. Those who currently have no employment, or those who fall into unemployment, will be helped to find work by the government throught the "Aid to Work" scheme, which will help people find a way back into the workplace. But people must be willing to take this advantage, to go back to work and contribute. This is not a give-away; the government has an obligation to help people not to work, not to shower them with money for their idleness. The National Insurance scheme allows us a way move people back into the workplace and begin to improve the economic fortunes of our nation. It also allows people who may not be able to afford healthcare to access it, to recieve preventative medicine and treatment; I will admit that this bill is made in anticipation of a public service, but the healthcare provisions put in place by this bill will help improve the health of our nation, meaning that Elizians can go back to work and contribute.

Senators, I implore you to vote for this bill, in the interests of all Elizians!

One wonders if certain elements of the LD would be opposed to this bill.

Do not forget this is a bill put forward by the Liberal Democrats, supported by Liberal Democrats and will be voted for by Liberal Democrats! We too share the interests of the people, and believe that the people come first.

[Davincia]

-snip-

"Hear hear!"

[Nariterrr]

Ahmed stood "I share nothing but support for this bill and I thank the Most Honorable Juwita bin Fajar for proposing it. This is exactly the bill we need to forward ourselves. I see many repairs that this bill will trigger, repairs that will lead our people to a bright and prosperous future. As such, I implore all my colleagues to vote for this bill."

[Belmaria]

Alan walked out of the chamber. He knew that he wouldn't have much of an impact in debate, so he decided to campaign for the bill at hand by cold-calling key constituencies with SLP and parliamentary campaign volunteers, asking the voters to call their MPs and demand that they vote for the bill.

[Tumbra]

"Debate on the Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act is closed. We now move on to voting."

Order Paper

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All times stated are tentatively 1830 UTC + 8 (Elizian Timezone) unless stated.

Sunday to Monday - International Recognition Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Monday to Tuesday - Typographical Errors Correction Act (Sen. John Chiu)

Tuesday to Wednesday - International Organizations Accession Act (Sen. Ujang Duong)

Wednesday to Thursday - An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption (Sen. Ahmed Corbor)

Thursday to Friday - Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act (Sen. Juwita bin Fajar)

Friday to Saturday - Voting on proposed bills

Saturday to Sunday - another bill

"Senators, use the form below to vote, et cetera. 24 hours."

Code: Select all

[b]International Recognition Act: AYE, NAY OR ABSTAIN[/b]
[b]Typographical Errors Correction Act: AYE, NAY OR ABSTAIN[/b]
[b]International Organizations Accession Act: AYE, NAY OR ABSTAIN[/b]
[b]An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: AYE, NAY OR ABSTAIN[/b]
[b] Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: AYE, NAY OR ABSTAIN[/b]


[Ainin]

For myself
International Recognition Act: AYE
Typographical Errors Correction Act: AYE
International Organizations Accession Act: ABSTAIN
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: ABSTAIN
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: ABSTAIN

For Ms. Sa Ri An
International Recognition Act: AYE
Typographical Errors Correction Act: AYE
International Organizations Accession Act: ABSTAIN
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: NAY
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: ABSTAIN

[Nariterrr]

International Recognition Act: AYE
Typographical Errors Correction Act: AYE
International Organizations Accession Act: AYE
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: AYE
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: AYE

[Wolfmanne2]

International Recognition Act: NAY
Typographical Errors Correction Act: AYE
International Organizations Accession Act: AYE
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: AYE
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: AYE

[Normandy and Picardy]

International Recognition Act: Abstain
Typographical Errors Correction Act: Aye
International Organizations Accession Act: Aye
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: Aye
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: Aye

[Britanno 3]

International Recognition Act: NAY
Typographical Errors Correction Act: AYE
International Organizations Accession Act: AYE
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: AYE
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: AYE

[Davincia]

International Recognition Act: Nay
Typographical Errors Correction Act: Aye
International Organizations Accession Act: Nay
An Act to Prohibit and Deter Corruption: Aye
Elizian Work and Healthcare Provisions Act: Aye