(08-25-2018, 10:15 AM)sandaoguo Wrote: We already have an apolitical way to remove administrators who abuse their powers. It's right there in the portion of the Charter you quoted-- "a guilty verdict in a fair trial for abuse of administrative powers." What your proposing has been rejected time and time again because it will invariably lead to the massive politicization of the administration team by people with personal grudges against administrators.

If you have a case that one or more administrators have abused their authority in their jobs as admins, the High Court is there to hear the case in a fair trial, rather than a politicized mess of an Assembly "debate" and vote.

 

(08-26-2018, 10:36 AM)palaisbellevuebz Wrote: I do believe that things like this shall not be solved and dealt with through bills but rather through the High Court. The court was established to preserve and defend justice in this region, and in the case of public officials committing crimes like abuse of power, you can file a case against such official for their wrongdoing, for the Court will bring those who commit crimes to justice.

Here is the issue:
Kris Kringle is both an admin and the Chief Justice (along with being in the Ministry of Regional Affairs as a department head\council member).
Glenn is both admin and a Court Justice (along with being in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a team member).
Roavin is both admin, Chair of Assembly (and on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team and a general for the MoMA).

That overlap (power being concentrated in all three branches among a few players in democratic region) is problematic for two reasons:
1. Positions that could or should be held by new players are now being cemented into a permanent role by establishment players who keep taking more and more positions of power and roles without question. Some of these admin are also responsible for some controversial decisions and political actions.

2. How is admin being held accountable for their professional and personal conduct in the region and on behalf of the region? This is an ongoing theme that was begun by at least two of the admin in May of this year. They've taken it upon themselves to police the region for "professional and personal conduct\misconduct" but who is holding them accountable for their own behaviors?

The Legislators themselves are the only branch of government that can actually hold admin accountable here especially when the admin have chosen to be extremely political and actually forced out or tried to force players out of the region.

Therefore, here is my proposal that gives the legislator the power to do this (as they would for any elected official):

Quote:2. The Forum Administration Team will be responsible for the selection of new members and must make a public application available to legislators along with clear standards of what is expected of administration members. Additionally, new administrators must be approved by a majority of the Assembly before being granted administrator permissions.

Any member of the Administration team may be recalled by an Assembly resolution passed with two-thirds majority of those voting.
a. Recalls should only be initiated for dereliction of duty, abuse of authority, or violations of the law, and not for purposes of political rivalry.
b. Upon initiation, recall resolutions must be debated for three days and receive a motion and second before being put to vote.
c. Upon passage, the recalled administration team member will immediately be removed from the team.

 

We cannot forget that the two of the current admin are the reason three players were forced out of this region and therefore were never actually held accountable for abusing their admin powers. This way at least any admin and their professional and personal conduct is answerable to someone not themselves.