We can designate 9 spots right?

So:
1. VD -- appearance, border control, communications, embassies, polls
2. MoRA -- appearance, communications, polls(?)
3. MoFA -- embassies
4. LC -- polls, communications
5. LC -- polls, communications
6. LC -- polls, communications
7. CSS -- border control
8. CSS -- border control
9. CSS -- border control

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In terms of formatting in laws, I would add them to the respective clauses. For instance defining the MoFA's powers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs section of the Charter. It's more scattered but it's the most logical and organized set-up.

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Article 6: Executive

Section 1 - Cabinet and Powers of the Cabinet
1. The Cabinet shall consist of senior and junior members.
2. The senior Cabinet members shall be the Delegate, Vice Delegate, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minster of Regional Affairs, Minister of the Army, and Chair of the Assembly.
3. The junior Cabinet members shall be all appointed Deputies.
4. Senior members of the cabinet are the only members with voting rights within the Cabinet.
5. The Cabinet shall strive to promote activity in the region and shall remain cognizant of the well-being of all nations in the Coalition of the South Pacific.
6. The Cabinet may adopt Executive Policy in cases where no law exists; Executive Policy may not conflict with the Charter, Bill of Rights, or Code of Law.
7. The Cabinet will serve a term lasting four months, excepting appointed Cabinet Deputies, who serve at the discretion of their respective Senior Cabinet member.
8. Procedures for the election of the senior Cabinet must be defined in the Code of Laws.

Section 2 - The Office of the Delegate and Vice Delegate
1. The Delegate will serve as the Head of State and be responsible for leading the Cabinet.
2. The Coalition may not be surrendered.
3. The Delegate, and those granted the Communications authority by the Delegate, may implement policies regarding regional message board adverts and spam and expel recruiters for violating said policies.
4. The Delegate, and those granted the Border Control authority by the Delegate, are is responsible for making sure all nations abide by the endorsement cap as established and enforced by the Committee for State Security.
5. The Delegate, and those granted the Border Control authority by the Delegate, may eject nations when permitted by the Charter and Code of Laws.
6. The Delegate is responsible for setting the authority of all Regional Officers.
7. With the majority approval of the Committee for State Security taken by a vote, the Delegate may declare a State of Emergency with reasonable justification that a threat to regional security is imminent, subjected to provisions granted by Article 6, Section 3 of the Charter.
8. The Vice Delegate will hold the second highest amount of endorsements in the region at any given time.
9. The Vice Delegate will be responsible for reviewing citizenship applications.
10. The Vice Delegate is to be a Regional Officer with the Appearance, Border Control, Communications, Embassies, and Polls authorities.
11. In the event that the Delegate resigns, is recalled, or otherwise unable to carry out their duties the Vice Delegate will immediately assume the Office of the Delegate.

Section 3 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2. Minister of Foreign Affairs is to be a Regional Officer with the Embassies authority.
3. The Ministry is responsible for all interactions with foreign regions.
4. The Ministry has the power to negotiate treaties, alliances, and other agreements with a foreign entity. Enactment of a treaty or alliance requires a vote of the Assembly in accordance with the provisions for General Laws.
5. The Ministry is responsible for the drafting and distribution of a regional update.
6. The Ministry is responsible for approving, denying, constructing, and requesting the removal of embassies and consulates.

Section 4 - Ministry of the Army
1. The Ministry of the Army will be led by the Minister of the Army.
2. The Ministry is responsible for overseeing the Armed Forces of the Coalition.
3. The Ministry is responsible for the defense of the region.
4. The Ministry is responsible for the creation of an Intelligence Network. The Ministry may appoint individuals to aid in gathering intelligence.

Section 5 - Ministry of Regional Affairs
1. The Ministry of Regional Affairs will be led by the Minister of Regional Affairs.
2. Minister of Regional Affairs is to be a Regional Officer with the Appearance and Communications authorities.
3. The Ministry is responsible for the integration of citizens into the Community.
4. The Ministry is responsible for planning and carrying out Cultural Events for the region and with allied regions.
5. The Ministry is responsible for promoting RMB and IRC activity and promotion of the regional forums.
6. The Ministry is responsible for directing and running roleplay and the maintenance of the regional map.
7. The Ministry is responsible for creating letters about government happenings, distributing such letters to the region in-game, and posting them on the RMB.

Section 6 – Line of Succession
1. In the event that the Delegate is removed from office, resigns from office, or is banned from the World Assembly, the Vice Delegate shall immediately assume the office of the Delegate.
2. In the event that the office of the Vice Delegate is vacant, the Delegate shall nominate a replacement, who must be confirmed with a 50%+1 majority vote by the Assembly.
3. Until such time as a replacement Vice Delegate is confirmed the highest ranking member of the CSS line of succession shall serve as Acting Vice Delegate.

Article 7: The Committee for State Security

Section 1 - Membership and Approval
1. Membership in the Committee for State Security (CSS) requires Citizenship in The South Pacific, a nation with World Assembly membership in the region, and the approval of the Assembly.
2. The Vice Delegate will serve as the Chair of the CSS.
3. The Delegate shall serve as an observer on the CSS, with no voting rights.
4. Citizens wishing to become members of the CSS may submit their application for admittance to the Assembly.
5. Citizens may also be nominated for membership of the CSS by the Delegate.
6. Applicants for the Committee for State Security require a 75% majority vote in favor of admittance by the Assembly.

Section 2 - Regulations
1. The Committee for State Security is responsible for the internal security of The Coalition.
2. The Committee for State Security is responsible for establishing and and enforcing the endorsement cap.
3. Committee Council members must never exceed the amount of WA endorsements obtained by the legal Vice Delegate. (Note: Huh. Minor error, I can probably just do this as a minor fix without a vote.)
4. Committee members are to be Regional Officers with the Border Control authority.
5. If there are insufficient Regional Officer positions for all Committee members, they are to be granted to the Committee members with the highest endorsement counts.
6. The Vice-Delegate may grant a leave of absence from the CSS for a member on military or intelligence duty for The South Pacific. Members on leave of absence remain voting members of the CSS, but will not be part of the line of succession to the Delegacy.
7. The line of succession to the Delegacy is determined according to the WA endorsement levels of CSS members at the time in question, running from highest to lowest.

Section 3 - State of Emergency
1. In the event of a State of Emergency, the Delegate must confer with the Committee for State Security (CSS) before carrying out any actions.
2. The Delegate may lower or increase the endorsement cap or ask that the region endorse a CSS member as a proxy.
3. The Delegate may also make statements to the region with regards to the situation, and delegate responsibilities or directives to other Cabinet members to ensure cohesion in the region.
4. The Bill of Rights cannot be suspended during a State of Emergency, except where the Delegate may eject or ban nations from the in-game region and/or forums on reasonable grounds of suspicion that the nation(s) are participating in actions that attempt to subvert the legitimate government of the region without due process of law.
5. In the event of a Delegate transition, both the outgoing Delegate and incoming Delegate may call for a State of Emergency, with the decision to grant the declaration resting in the Committee for State Security.
6. In the event that a hostile takeover of the region by the sitting Delegate has occurred or is imminent, the Committee for State Security is empowered to grant the Vice-Delegate temporary provisions as Acting Delegate, by a majority vote in favor in the CSS.
7. The Assembly, by a conscience vote, may vote to override or end a State of Emergency by a vote of 60% in favor.
8. Within 48 hours of recovery from a State of Emergency, a report detailing the incident and the particular evidence used to justify it along with an evaluation of measures and recommendations of further actions to be taken by the Assembly, Cabinet and/or Judiciary should be submitted to the Assembly, which includes but is not limited to: recall motions, charges to be filed and grants of amnesty.

Article 8: The Local Council

Section 1 - Membership
1. Three residents of The South Pacific shall serve on the Local Council.
2. The election of councillors shall be decided by resident voters in The South Pacific.
3. The Local Council will serve a term lasting four months.
4. Procedures for the election of the Local Council must be defined in the Code of Laws.

Section 2 - Purpose and Mandate
1. The Local Council shall serve as a voice for residents to the Cabinet and the Assembly.
2. Primarily, the Local Council shall be concerned with local matters and policies which affect residents game-side.

Section 3 - Powers and Responsibilities
1. The Local Council shall endeavor to improve communication to residents and promote more local awareness of the region's ongoing activities.
2. Conduct violations should be reported to the judiciary by the Local Council.
3. The Local Council may make recommendations to the Delegate with regards to the regulation of the Regional Message Board (e.g., permissions), the creation of new regional polls, in addition to any changes to the regional welcome telegram and the World Factbook Entry.
4. Local Council members are to be Regional Officers with the Polls authority.
5. In the event of a State of Emergency, the Local Council may assist the Committee for State Security (CSS) in communicating with residents at the CSS's request.
6. The Local Council shall work with the Ministry of Regional Affairs to promote regional integration and to devise and organise regional cultural events and practices.
7. Municipal ordinances may be introduced by the Local Council unanimously as regional policies in cases where no law exists; Municipal ordinances may not conflict with the Charter, Bill of Rights, or Code of Law, or Executive Policy and may be repealed by the Assembly.

Obviously any of these are dependent on any other edits to their relevant sections.

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MoRA should get polls too, I think.

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MoRA should get polls too, I think.

That can be added, I just went by what we already had.

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Could we put this in a General Law, instead of enshrining it in the constitution?

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Could we put this in a General Law, instead of enshrining it in the constitution?

I thought it would make sense to define the powers of the government in the sections that defines the powers of the government.

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It's a part of the game that is likely to change, and we're regularly finding new and different reasons for why X ministry should have Y ability. I don't really see the need to enshrine it in the constitution, where it would be more difficult and time consuming to change.

We also should be trying to avoid bloating the Charter more than it already is. I know Hileville has proposed reforming the way we use it.


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This is my draft of a separate law:

Regional Officers Act

Article I. Regional Officer Power Definitions.
1. “Appearance” is the authority to alter the World Factbook Entry and pin Dispatches.
2. “Border Control” is the authority to eject and ban nations from the region.
3. “Communications” is the authority to send region-wide telegrams, moderate the Regional Message Board, and alter regional recruitment system powers.
4. “Embassies” is the authority to open and close in-game embassies, and control which embassies may cross-post on the Regional Message Board.
5. “Executive” is the authority to appoint and remove Regional Officers.
6. “Polls” is the authority to create regional polls.
7. “World Assembly” is the authority to approve of World Assembly proposals and to cast the region's World Assembly votes.

Article II. Regional Officers.
1. The in-game Delegate will be granted all Regional Officer powers.
2. The Vice-Delegate will be granted all Regional Officer powers except Executive and World Assembly powers.
3. The Minister of Foreign Affairs will be granted the Embassies power.
4. The Minister of Regional Affairs will be granted the Appearance and Communications powers.
5. Members of the Committee on State Security will be granted the Border Control power.
6. At least one member of the Local Council will be granted the Polls power.

Article III. Executive Discretion.
The Cabinet may grant Communications, Appearance, and Polls powers to regional members as they see fit.

Article IV. Limitations.
1. Border Control power does not grant any legal authority to eject or ban nations from the region when not authorized by security or criminal laws.
2. The Communications power must not be used excessively in a way that effectively spams the region.
3. Exercise of Regional Officer powers must follow all applicable laws and rules. Behavior unbecoming of a representative of The South Pacific may result in suspension of Regional Officer power, even for ministers, as determined by a majority of the Cabinet.

This will need to be altered if we adopt a Head of State/Prime Minister system.

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Do we really need section 1? It seems unnecessary to define in-game functions, not to mention an annoyancd to update every time NS gets an update.

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