Title: GROUND-BREAKING LESGISLATION PASSED
Description: 2. 23. 27 | DAILY PROPHET
TAYLOR - May 9, 2010 08:36 PM (GMT)
LONDON - TODAY, BY A SLIM MAJORITY, THE CONTROVERSIAL HACKNEY LAW WAS PASSED BY THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC. DETAILS OF THE BILL INCLUDE THE MOVING OF POTENTIAL DANGEROUS CITIZENS TO A CONTAINED, REGULATED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. AN ADDITIONAL BILL IS BEING RE-WORKED BY THE WIZENGAMOT TO COMPLIMENT THE HACKNEY LAW-- IF PASSED IT COULD CREATE A CURFEW FOR THOSE LIVING IN HACKNEY, AS WELL AS A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN GATHER IN ONE PLACE WITHIN THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND RANDOM INSPECTIONS OF THE OWL POST THAT GOES BOTH TO AND FROM THE RESIDENCES THERE.
MANY OPPOSING THE BILL CLAIMED THAT IT WAS AN INFRINGEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS AND THAT THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC HAS NO POWER TO ENFORCE THIS ACT. SIMILARLY, A GREAT DEAL SUGGEST THAT THE LAW WILL TARGET THE POOR OR THOSE WHO ARE NOT STEREOTYPICALLY "PUREBLOODED".THE MINISTRY, HOWEVER, REITERATES THE FACT THAT IT HAS THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE OF NOT ONLY LONDON, BUT THE WHOLE OF THE WIZARDING WORLD, IN MIND AND WILL ONLY ASK THOSE WHO HAVE A RECORD OF SOCIAL DEVIANCY TO MOVE INTO THE HACKNEY BUILDINGS. THE MINISTRY MADE CLEAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLOOD PURITY, OR THE LACK THEREOF, IS MEANT.
STILL, PROTESTERS STORMED THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC AND THOUSANDS OF LETTERS POURED INTO THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF MAGIC. THE OFFICIAL PRESS SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER OF MAGIC AS YET TO GIVE A STATEMENT SINCE THE INITIAL NEWS OF THE BILL'S PASSING SEVERAL HOURS AGO... CONTINUED| A2
