Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung
March 17th, 1991
Prussian Draft Law Changed
While New Prussia has always had its conscription as a law adapted from original Republic of Prussia, things have changed since gaining independence. Such as woman being given the right to vote as well as a number of other things to update its laws with that of a modern state as it has fallen behind when under Mishopechian occupation. However, whether to change conscription law was touchy subject going back and forth for decades on whether to expand it from being a selective draft where only adult men were drafted to a egalitarian draft where both adult men and adult women are able to be drafted. However, do to a combination of a number of different groups ranging from both the left wing and the right wing of Prussian Politics argued in favor of egalitarian draft while others on both the left and right wing argued against it in Parliament, the President decided to weigh in on the matter:While I had hoped to not have to address this issue one way or another this impasse will heavily affect our military and our ability to get justice for the evils the Mishopechian Government had inflicted on us. As such we need a strong military, now I will be frank if we wish to be a modern nation like we had when we gave woman the right to vote we need to also give them the same responsibility that comes with it the duty to serve. If we wish to be an egalitarian society where all Prussians are treated equally they must have both the same rights and duties period.Shortly, after that speech some members of Parliament who were against it have flipped in support of making the draft egalitarian leading to the law being changed.
