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It's come to my attention that the candidate, "Evil Wolf" did not declare a full Conflict of Interests Disclosure.


Here is Evil Wolf's Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

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Quote:9. Conflict of Interest Disclosures must include current World Assembly Nation, all past and present aliases used, all past and present involvement in other regions and organizations, and all current positions held across NationStates.

A Conflict of Interest Disclosure must include all past and present involvement in other organisations, not simply regions. Evil Wolf notes he was a 'warlord' in The East Pacific, but not disclose his explicit membership in The Empire or any organisations for that matter (I'm sure there are others). This has consequences for voters because some voters may not have been aware he was a past member of The Empire because the CoI never explictly said he was, nor disclosed his past involvement in organisations.

Evil Wolf noted that his alias was 'Condition 13' but did not disclose that he was a past member of The Empire - Condition 13, of course, was his codename in The Empire. 

My question for the court is: does the failure of an improper filing of a Conflict of Interest Disclosure invalidate Evil Wolf's candidacy? And if so, how should this be resolved? Is the election to be restarted, or is Glen-Rhodes, the victor of the election by default? 

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I would note the precedent of the November 2014 General Elections set when [url=http://thesouthpacific.x10.mx/thread-1292-post-33558.html#pid33558][/url]EC Gustave Berr removed both Henn and TUSR from running because of TUSR's incomplete CoI.

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After deliberations, it is the majority opinion of this court that the Conflict of Interest declaration of Wolf should be considered as accurate and complete for the purposes of the March 2014 Cabinet Elections.

The dispute arises from the membership of Wolf in the former "Empire of the East Pacific" of 2008, and:

• Does membership in the former Empire of the East Pacific qualify as membership of the present day organization known as the Empire, and did the Empire of the East Pacific qualify as an organization?
  
• Can membership in the Empire of the East Pacific be listed as membership in the East Pacific?
  

It is the opinion of this court that the government known as the Empire of the East Pacific and organization known as The Empire that emerged later are to be treated as separate entities for the purposes of Conflict of Interest declarations.


For the purposes of a Conflict of Interest Declaration it is the opinion of the name of the region may be used in reference to either the de facto government of the region (i.e. a government lead by the executive WA), or to any government(s)-in-exile of the region that have been recognized by the Coalition of the South Pacific.