Weekend Legislation

AP (Nana)
March 18, 2008

Brasxicol's Parliament had a fruitful weekend session in which three key issues in equality and civil rights were put forward for their legislation. In all, they voted on two resolutions and dismissed another.

On the matter of "affirmative action" on television, the Parliament voted down the initiative that would make it compulsory for television channel to allot time to minority programming and also would censor material that could be considered "offensive". A spokesperons from Parliament was quoted as saying, "We understand the concerns of minorities but censorship and the other measures would constitute a breach in freedom of speech. Television networks have the right to show whichever shows they wish. That's why cable television channels exists tailored not only to minorities but to other groups in society and specialities. It not onlyt benefits minorities, but free spech and the economy."

Brasxicol's Parliament also showed restraint in the face of public protests. One such protest was led by the Animal Liberation Front, who brough attention to the cruelty animals were being subject to in the food and nutrition sector. Legislation was passed to oversee these processes and attempt to offer meat with a dignified death to the animals. The legislation was so successful that it has brought about a social attitude towards compassion and even helped flourish the vegetarian sector. "Taxation was also a tempting option", said a conservative parliament member, "yet we had to agree that the price would be passed down to consumers and could directly impact our poorest citizens. This option was much more centrist and I think it has pleased us all."