Legislators,

a motion has been seconded to bring the following amendment to the Charter and several other laws. The debate thread is here.

(While this amendment and A2009.03 are on the same matter, I am not bringing them to vote as competing bills as while they legislate on the same matter, they do not compete with each other.)

As an amendment to the Charter it will require a 60% supermajority to pass. The vote will be open for five days, ending on 13th September 2020, 00:00 BST.

THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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III. RIGHTS AND FREEDOMSEstablishing citizenship and residency in the South Pacific.

(1) Residents of the South Pacific shall be those individuals with a nation that resides within the region in good faith.

(2) Citizens of the South Pacific shall be those individuals who maintain native World Assembly membership in the region, as defined by NationStates, in good faith or who are registered as a Legislator of the Assembly.Recognizing the democratic rights and freedoms of all citizens and residents members of the Coalition.

(31) All residentsmembers of the South Pacific will enjoy the freedoms of expression, speech, assembly, and the press, limited only by reasonable moderation policies.

(42) The right to a fair trial and defense against criminal accusations will not be abridged. No residentmember may be subject to any bill of attainder, be tried for the same crime more than once, or be tried ex post facto.

(53) No residentmember, who had joined the region in good faith, may be banned or ejected from the in-game region without the due process of law.

(64) No citizenmember may be denied the right to vote or hold office, unless otherwise stated in the Charter or prohibited by constitutional law.

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VI. THE EXECUTIVE

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Elections

(5) Executive elections will be held every four months, where the Prime Minister and all Cabinet positions will be up for election amongst the members of the Assembly.

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VII. THE DELEGATE

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(1) The Delegate will be the head of state of the Coalition. They will be responsible for helping maintain the security of the region, promoting growth and activity, and serving as an advisor to the forum-side government. Barring reasonable circumstances, the Delegate will hold the in-game Delegate seat. No citizenperson may be Delegate if they have participated, in whole or in part and at any time, in any coup d'etat of the Coalition or any of its allies, excluding normal raiding, defending, or liberation efforts as part of an organized military.

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(3) The Delegate must fulfill in-game actions required by law but assigned to others if those actions can only be taken by the citizenperson holding the in-game Delegate seat.

IX. THE COUNCIL ON REGIONAL SECURITY

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(1) The Council on Regional Security will be composed of experienced and trustworthy citizensmembers of the Coalition, and will be responsible for monitoring and responding to regional security issues. The Council will choose a Chair as needed, who will fulfill all secretarial requirements of the Council that may arise.

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(3) Eligible citizensmembers may become members of the Council on Regional Security via two methods, either application to the Council itself, or nomination by the Delegate and Prime Minister.

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(5) The Delegate and Prime Minister may jointly nominate any citizenperson meeting the requirements for membership and who are well suited to protect regional security. Prior to the nomination, the Delegate and Prime Minister will consult with the Council for their advice. To ensure collegiality and prevent dysfunction, if two-thirds of the members of the Council object to the prospective nominee’s membership, the nomination will not move forward. If no such objection exists, then the nomination will be submitted to the Assembly for approval via simple majority vote.    

Elections Act
An act establishing elections for office

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3. Office of the Delegate

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(2) On the first of every January and July, the Assembly will convene for the first round of Delegate elections.

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d. The two candidates with the highest number of approvals will move to a second round of voting conducted via a poll amongst citizensof Native World Assembly members.

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(3) After receiving the top candidates in the forum election, an Election Commissioner will create a week-long regional poll accessible to nNative World Assembly members as defined by NationStates, instructing them to vote for their preferred candidate.

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b. Citizens who are unable to vote in the regional pollMembers of the South Pacific Special Forces who are on deployment for the whole duration of the regional poll are eligible to cast a voteone, provided that they identify where and why they maintain World Assembly membership elsewhere if that is the case. The Minister of Military Affairs shall provide a list of deployed personnel to the Election Commissioner. Members on the listCitizens who send the Commissioner their vote through a telegram and a public post on the Regional Message Board which tags the Election Commissioner and notes who their vote goes towards shall have it added to the final tally.

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6. Vacancies of Office

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(2) Should the office of Delegate become vacant, the next citizenperson in the line of succession will become interim Delegate until the next regularly scheduled election. If no citizenperson qualifies for the office, then a special election will be held.

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7. Separation of Powers

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(5) No citizenperson holding a Cabinet office or the office of the Delegate may hold any equivalent office in a foreign region or organisation.    

Judicial Act
An act to establish operational principle, procedures, and best practices for the High Court

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3. Case Procedure

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(3) Any residentmember of the South Pacific may request the recusal of the assigned justice at any time, which will be reviewed by the High Court. If granted, the High Court will assign another justice.

(4) Any residentmember of the South Pacific may submit information, evidence, or opinions on the matter. To facilitate this, a case may not run for less than 72 hours.

(5) The assigned justice may, as necessary, request information, evidence, or opinions from any residentmember or institution. With the approval of another justice, a residentmember or institution may be compelled to answer such a request.

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4. Legal Questions

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(2) Legal questions can be submitted by any residentmember of the South Pacific.

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7. Appeals

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(2) An appeal may be filed by any residentmember of the South Pacific or by any non-residentmember with a vested interest in the case, for at least one of the reasons described in this article.    

Legislator Committee Act
An act to establish a commission to manage legislators

1. Scope

(1) The Legislator Committee is the commission responsible for granting and revoking legislator status to residentsmembers.

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2. Legislator Applications

(1) Any residentmember of the Coalition is eligible to attain legislator status if
a. the Legislator Committee does not opine that they are seeking membership in bad faith,
b. they have a nation in the South Pacific,
c. are not attempting to join with multiple nations or identities, and
d. are not considered by the Council on Regional Security to be a significant risk to regional security.

(2) A residentmember of the Coalition may attain legislator status through an application with the Legislator Committee. The Committee shall confirm the reception of an application within 48 hours. The Committee will determine the eligibility of the applicant, consulting any other institutions of the Coalition as needed to inform its decision, and shall strive to accept or deny each applicant within a week.    

Political Parties Act
An act outlining political parties and their benefits

1. Defining Political Parties

(1) A political party is any group of citizenspeople in tThe South Pacific, counting at least as many members as senior Cabinet officials, who organize together in an official association for political or electoral purposes.    

Proscription Act
An act to grant authority to declare hostile persons or organizations prohibited from entering or residing in the Coalition

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3. Grant of Authority

(1) The Cabinet or the Council on Regional Security may proscribe an individual that is not a citizenmember of the Coalition, or a foreign region or organization, that they determine to be hostile. The Cabinet together with the Council on Regional Security may proscribe a member or a group of members that they determine to be hostile.

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(3) Upon proscription of a region or organization, any citizensmembers of the Coalition affected by that proscription will have 7 days to demonstrably renounce their association to the satisfaction of the issuing authority before the proscription is enforced.

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4. Judicial Review

(1) A citizenmember of the Coalition subject to a proscription may petition the High Court for judicial review under of the following procedures—
a. The individual may request that the High Court review underlying evidence of intelligence upon which their proscription is based.
b. If under a proscription of a region or organization, the individual may present an appeal that they are not a member of the targeted region or organization.    

Regional Officers Act
An act providing for the granting of Regional Officer powers to government officials

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3. Executive Discretion

(1) The Cabinet and/or Delegate may grant Communications, Appearance, and Polls powers to residentsregional members as they see fit.

(2) The Council on Regional Security may grant Border Control powers to residentsregional members as they see fit.    

Sunshine Act
An act to periodically publish threads in private government forums

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2. Publishing of Discussions

(1) The significant discussions of an institution shall, in due time, be released for public archival accessible to all residentsmembers of the South Pacific.    

(This post was last modified: 09-12-2020, 07:04 PM by Purple Hyacinth.)

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This proposal has failed, only garnering 45% approval of the 60% required.

Edit: I accidentally thought the vote had already ended when it hadn't. I'll update my post once the vote actually ends.

Edit 2: My original statement still stands, but the vote has actually ended now.

I have been things

(This post was last modified: 09-12-2020, 07:03 PM by Purple Hyacinth.)

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