Act of Congress Elimination of National Defense Act

[Aladeen]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

REPEAL THE ARMED FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT ACT



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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Elimination of National Defense Act’.

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Aladeen.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by NovaKerbal.

(5) This Act repeals the following acts:

(a) Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) The Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont Act created a system which has no real purpose and is extremely inactive.

(2) Maintaining unused structures is unnecessary, repealing this Act improves clarity, efficiency and removes unnecessary laws.

PART II — RESCIND

3. Repeals

(1) The following Acts are repealed in their entirety:

(a) Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont Act

 

[ToadKing]

- I do not believe we should abolish the AFCR. After working closely with its first leader, Major EATB, it's clear there was, and still remains, a plan and use for an armed force.

However, efforts to get it up and running have unfortunately been delayed due to EATB's resignation, and no subsequent Major being appointed by the President - why has the AFCR been allowed to be leaderless for so long? The Major is the driving force of the AFCR - no matter how much the DHS Secretary purports to have "authority over" - it is the Major who is responsible for hiring/firing, for implementing the Policy, for Training, for everything. The AFCR has not been allowed to be active, because a new Major had not been appointed. This is, and shall remain, a failure on the President.

A base is being built. The foundational policy documents have been drafted. All we need is a strong, active leader, with clear goals and expectations for the AFCR. For those who decry "what is the point of the armed forces", "why does it exist", "we're not even at war", well what is the point having doctors and artifical illnesses? Why have detectives solve murders instead of just teleporting murderers straight to prison... Put simply, the AFCR expands the variety of roleplay options on this server, and gives people more things to do in-game.

The Armed Forces should exist for those who wish to participate in that kind of activity; to be apart of the kind of structured organisation with a heirarchy and purpose. Like with real life, it is an admirable thing to want to serve in the Armed Forces. Why should we be disparaging those who wish to do so?

I spent weeks drafting a comprehensive bill to expand and better define and build upon the work End already put in. I will continue to champion and push for not just the survival, but continued growth of the AFCR.

 

[End]

Nay — AFCR was going well until the Major resigned. Just needs a new appointment. Its not for everyone, but everyone who was taking part enjoys it.

 

[zLost]

Aye - As an Oakridge separatist who would benefit from the Army being disbanded, I support this bill.

(For entirely legal reasons, I am joking.)

 

[Technofied]

Presidential Assent

This bill has received Presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.

Reason: This Bill abolishes the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont. This was probably one of the hardest assents to give, however after deep contemplation I do not believe the body serves a practical purpose.

Arguments have been made by proponents of the body that it represents a roleplay opportunity, but without a target, sovereignty to protect, or any other roleplayable directive, reinstating a Major will not, in my opinion, solve sense of purposelessness that has been attributed to the body.

A poll conducted in #government-announcement by myself posted the question "Do you support the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont (ACFR)?". The responses were 77 in favour, 84 against, and 41 somewhere in between.

I believe my decision should be representative of the people's will where practical, however even with this sample of 202 Citizens more seem against the body, with only slightly below 40% for the body decisively.

Additionally, I believe a body that is to be a part of the Government needs to serve a purpose that justifies resources and time given to it. Accordingly, unfortunately I am not convinced it is in the public interest to continue to have the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont.

That said, the circumstances could very well change in the future to necessitate the body, however for the reasons outlined above, I believe it is best to disband the body for the time being.

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