Legislators of the South Pacific, There has been a seconded motion to bring the Great Council Convening Resolution of 2022 to vote. The debate thread can be found here. This is a resolution on constitutional matters, according to the Legislative Procedure Act requiring a majority greater than 60% to pass. The voting period will be 5 days, thus concluding on 1654444824 (17:00 in London, 12:00 in New York, 02:00 on Jun 6 in Sydney). Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussions belong in the debate thread and should be posted there. This vote will be designated as A2205.06 The text of the bill is as follows: Great Council Convening Resolution of 2022 A resolution to to convene a Great Council for the purposes of altering the Coalition The Assembly of the Coalition: Recognizing systemic problems in the Coalition, such as the recurrent election of long-time officeholders instead of new leadership, decline in creativity and new ideas within the Assembly, deep disagreement regarding the function of the in-game community, and other issues, Presenting as evidence in part for this the significant apathy showcased in Assembly debates on even the most controversial of topics, the dearth of promising new talents coming out of the regional pipeline, the uncontested nature of numerous elections for some of the most coveted government position, the insular divide between the in-game and the forum/Discord communities which often leads to hostile interactions between their members, and the low levels of motivation or energy for pursuing any novel initiatives that has gradually seeped into the region, Believing that these issues will continue to hamper the region’s progress if not swiftly dealt with, Further believing that those problems exist in part due to the existing Charter and canon of laws written in the aftermath of the 2016 coup d'etat, which were designed to resist significant change and built-in with many institutional veto points,  Understanding that during times of great need in the past, the wise constituents of this august chamber have opted to convoke a Great Council, a convention with the aim of identifying and solving the problems that haunted the region during those epochs, with the goal of facilitating the path of further prosperity of the region, Acknowledging that the current Charter and systems of governance were written by a generation no longer as actively involved in the community as before, and that the newer generations of South Pacificans may have different ideas for the establishment of our government, Assured that no constitution is perfect in perpetuity and that communities can greatly benefit from beginning anew without the weight of existing law, custom, and precedent limiting possibilities, Recognizing that constitutional conventions are a ripe opportunity for foreign manipulation both benign and hostile, and as such must include strong safeguards to ensure any new government is formed by true native South Pacificans free of undue foreign influence, Asserting that the present situation of the South Pacific requires the intervention of a Great Council, which would allow the brightest minds of the region to come together and frankly discuss about the problems at hand, as well as potential solutions to those, Hereby: 1. Invokes Article XIV of the Charter and calls for the convening of a Great Council beginning in the month of June of the year 2022. 2. Designates the current Chief Justice of the High Court, Kris Kringle, as the Chair of the Great Council, charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing motions, ruling on points of order, and tallying votes on proposals. a. Provides that the Great Council may appoint a participant as the Deputy Chair of the Great Council, tasked with assisting the Chair in carrying out the aforementioned duties. b. Resolves that should the Chair or the Deputy Chair resign or remain inactive over a period of a week without advance notice, the Great Council may select a replacement by majority vote. 3. Mandates that legislators of the Assembly holding valid status at the time this resolution is motioned to vote shall automatically qualify for participation in the Great Council, and that all participants must maintain order and decorum. a. Determines that non-legislators may petition the Chair of the Great Council to participate, and that those petitions shall be granted upon determination of the Chair (or Deputy Chair, in the Chair's absence) that the petitioner does not pose a threat to the security or decorum of the Great Council, and that the petitioner does not possess significant conflicts of interests or the appearance of bad faith. b. Requires the Chair of the Great Council to publish and maintain a list of qualified participants. c. Permits any participant to raise a point of order that another participant is violating order or decorum, including acting on behalf of a foreign influence, to be judged by the Chair of the Great Council who may then expel a violating participant. d. Further permits any participant to motion to overrule the Chair of the Great Council (or Deputy Chair, in the Chair's absence) in regards to their determination under 3(a) or 3(c.), which shall be adopted by majority vote. e. Reasserts that all extant proscriptions and administrative bans remain in effect throughout the Great Council, and that participation in the Great Council shall not be used in defense against any proscription or administrative or moderator action. 4. Permits the Great Council to amend this resolution or adopt further procedures in a separate resolution by majority vote. 5. Determines the following agenda and rules of order, which may altered by majority vote of the Great Council at its discretion: a. The Chair of the Great Council shall limit the first week of the Great Council to debate of procedures, admittance of non-legislators, and identification of problems to be resolved. b. Following that week, the Chair of the Great Council shall open general debate on proposals. c. Proposals must be debated for five days before a participant motions to vote. d. Upon recognition of a motion to vote by the Chair or Deputy Chair, the proposal will be brought to vote for five days and adopted according to Article XIV, Section 5. e. A motion to end general debate may be called no sooner than four weeks after of the convening of the Great Council. Upon recognition of the motion by the Chair or Deputy Chair, the motion shall be brought to vote for five days and adopted in favor by three-fifths of the Great Council. No new proposals may be submitted once the motion is recognized, unless and until the motion shall be rejected by the Great Council. One day following adoption, all outstanding proposals will be brought to vote for five days, unless retracted by the original proposer prior to voting starting, and adopted according to Article XIV, Section 5. f. Should adopted proposals contain conflicting or contrary language, the Great Council will enter into a reconciliation period, wherein all conflicts will be resolved. Each conflicting proposal will be brought to a competing vote for five days, and the proposal favored by the greater number of participants will be adopted. g. Following a reconciliation period, or in the absence of the need for one, the Chair of the Great Council shall combine all amendments into an omnibus and bring the omnibus to a final vote for five days. The final omnibus shall be adopted according to Article XIV, Section 5. h. The Chair of the Great Council shall publish the final product of the Great Council, and recognize a motion by a participant to adjourn sine die. The motion to adjourn sine die shall be adopted by majority vote, and the final product shall be presented to the Chair of the Assembly for recording. 6. Resolves that special elections for all elected positions shall commence within seven days of the adjournment of the Great Council. 7. This resolution shall supersede the resolution entitled "Assembly Resolution to Call a Great Council (Modified)."

(This post was last modified: 06-06-2022, 01:46 PM by The Haughtherlands.)

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Chair, I would like to notify the Assembly that I have filed a Legal Question contesting the legality of this vote and have requested a temporary injunction to halt it.

_{Minister of Media, Subversion and Sandwich Making}
^{Associate Justice of the High Court and Senior Moderator}

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As with the current referendum vote on the game-side, this resolution will not be adopted nor voting halted until after the Court makes a decision.

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As with the current referendum vote on the game-side, this resolution will not be adopted nor voting halted until after the Court makes a decision.

Chair, 

It is inappropriate to place an injunction against the result of this vote before the Court has issued one. The very question of whether an injunction should be issued or not is a question for the Court to resolve. Not a question for the Chair to arbitrarily decide.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
General of the South Pacific Special Forces
Ambassador to Balder
Former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense

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Will the Chair's previous ruling on this matter be vacated? Or is the Chair maintaining this ruling? If the Chair is maintaining this ruling, on what basis are they doing so?

The Chair's previous ruling is, frankly, nonsensical. The Chair has provided no public defense of their ruling, but has also not posted to clarify if they intend to follow through on it or not.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
General of the South Pacific Special Forces
Ambassador to Balder
Former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense

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This vote should have concluded with 30 ayes, 10 nays, and 9 abstentions. Should the Chair neglect to officially close and record the vote within a reasonable time, any legislator may record the votes pursuant to the Legislative Procedure Act. Hopefully the Chair will respond by tomorrow.

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This vote should have concluded with 30 ayes, 10 nays, and 9 abstentions. Should the Chair neglect to officially close and record the vote within a reasonable time, any legislator may record the votes pursuant to the Legislative Procedure Act. Hopefully the Chair will respond by tomorrow.

I'm not at my computer and won't be for a bit, but I was intending on publishing the results.

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Final Result Great Council Convening Resolution of 2022
Ayes: 30 61.2% | 75.0% (discounting abstentions)	Nays: 10 20.4% | 25.0% (discounting abstentions)
There were 9 Abstentions (18.4%); 15 legislators were absent. Thus, attendance for this vote was 76.6%.
In light of these results, the proposal passes, having achieved the required majority (>60%).

	AYES
anjo	Aramantha	Beepee
Cloud	Comfed	Domais
Encaitar	Eshialand	HumanSanity
ILIASFG	im_a_waffle1	Jay Coop
Killer	Konsa	Moon
Nakari	Nicholas and Great Britain	Not Austria
Pētea	philipmacaroni	Pronoun
Purple Hyacinth	Quebecshire	Qwert
Roavin	rosaferri	sandaoguo
The Allied States of Bistritza	Tin the Free	USoVietnam
	NAYS
Amerion	Ammar and Casentino	Belschaft
Bleakfoot	Penguin	Qaweritoyu
QuietDad	Rebeltopia	Ryccia
The Lile Ulie Islands
	ABSTENTIONS
BlockBuster2K43	Farengeto	Griffindor
Jebediah	Kris Kringle	Murelia
Poppy	The Haughtherlands	Tsunamy

(This post was last modified: 06-06-2022, 12:53 PM by The Haughtherlands.)

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