(03-24-2022, 08:42 AM)Moon Wrote:

Quote:It is kept in the dark because those elected by it doesn't trust the Assembly.

I can assure you that any percieved trust issues that you believe exists between the Cabinet and the Assembly are completely unfounded. Previous Cabinets have consistently kept this august body informed on ongoing diplomatic discussions with other regions. You're utilizing a set of extraordinarily unprecedented circumstances that no one could've foreseen to make your point, which doesn't exactly lend credence to your argument that the Cabinet is inherently secretive in nature.

Quote:Assembly kept in the dark so all it does is rubberstamp whatever the Cabinet puts in front of it.

I find it offensive that you would suggest that our Assembly is merely here for rubber-stamping things that the Cabinet puts forth, when the reality is probably the farthest from it. Several of the threads that I've linked above has prominent, outspoken Legislators object to various points put forward by the Cabinet and several previous Cabinets have faced heavy criticism for the things they did while in office. That doesn't sound like the Assembly is merely rubber-stamping whatever the Cabinet puts foward; the exact opposite actually.

 

(03-24-2022, 10:38 AM)Kris Kringle Wrote:

To be fair, I do think the Assembly tends to rubberstamp appointments. I don't mean to imply that the Cabinet somehow nominates unqualified individuals and expects them to be confirmed without any accountability; on the contrary, I think the Cabinet does nominate qualified individuals whose records speak for themselves. That said, I think the Assembly does have an issue of precisely letting a nominee's record speak for itself, rather than at least trying to question the nominee and playing a more active role beyond the typical "full support" post, even if for the sake of playing out its role as a legislative body. This is, of course, more of a community issue than a Cabinet one, and I don't think amending the Sunshine Act would do anything to do to address it, but I think the concern that nominations are "rubberstamped" does have a basis in reality.

I do not argue that the Assemblies inclination of going ahead with whatever the Cabinet is saying is the sole fault of the Cabinet even if the Cabinet tends to keep the Assembly in the dark. This body must indeed look inwards to see the reasons why the legislative branch is not as heavily involved as it perhaps should be on policy effecting both the region and our foreign affairs. Further, my observations are not solely based on the nominations the Cabinet puts forward before the Assembly, but what Cabinet does in general and the reaction, or lack thereof, of the Assembly.

The extraordinarily unprecedented circumstances that you mention that I am trying so hard to lend credence to my arguments were initiated nearly a year ago, according to you. It has been made available to the public five months ago by one of its signatories. And the Cabinet found no reason to inform the Assembly until it was shared within #legislator-lounge on the 19th.

And I find that offensive.