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Considering the time that the Office of WA Legislation has had in building up its infrastructure, I believe now is a good time as any to introduce a bill that will make the OWL a full-fledged ministry. This proposal also takes into account our joining the Partnership for Sovereignty and how we can operate within a bloc. The bill is threefold: it enshrines the OWL in the Charter, introduces the World Assembly Act to legislatively define its procedures, and postpones its creation until the next Cabinet election, which would be June 2021 and not February considering the time frame of this debate and possible vote.
I am wholly against this.
First, we don't need yet another Cabinet member that people aren't going to run for and will ultimately do nothing. Second, this is a major infringement on the delegate in a number of ways. Third, this is set to give a very small number of active nations a lot of power over the vote of the delegate thereby amplifying their positions over a vast majority of the region.
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What's more, the proposed bill is basically legislating what we have been doing since creating the OWL. If we're gonna use the argument that this will "give a very small number of active nations a lot of power", I may as well ask where that argument is when the Assembly, a group of 50–100 people, makes decisions on the behalf of the whole region. There is nothing in this bill that gives some sort of almighty power to a small cabal. Anyone with a WA nation in TSP or serving in the SPSF would have the right to cast a vote but a number of those people choose not to exercise that right.
Control of the regional WA vote is asigined to the Delegate by the game; creating another elected official to tell the Delegate how to vote is the height of absurdity when we already elect someone to have that responsibility.
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Associate Justice of the High Court and Senior Moderator ![[Image: B9ytUsy.png]](https://i.imgur.com/B9ytUsy.png) (01-26-2021, 09:22 PM)Belschaft Wrote: Control of the regional WA vote is asigined to the Delegate by the game; creating another elected official to tell the Delegate how to vote is the height of absurdity when we already elect someone to have that responsibility. This argument makes no sense. If we follow this logic, then we should abolish the endorsement cap, let someone seize the delegacy, and rule as they see fit. Obviously, we aren't gonna do that. I don't know if you know this, but what is being legislated has been the status quo since the OWL was created, which is the second time I've said that in this thread. We're long gone from the days that the delegate has absolute power because we have since created a strong PM/Cabinet by taking away the delegate's de jure executive power. Furthermore, what is being legislated is nothing different from the activities of other regions such as TNP, TRR, XKI, TEP, and so many other regions, which is the democratization of the delegate's vote. Have we forgotten that we've made the delegate a figurehead in this region?
How I see it, we do it Jay's way or de facto make Delegate a cabinet member.
I fully support this bill. It is important there is a dedicated Minister for World Assembly Affairs with a fully fledged regional government department as it will reduce the Delegate's still sizeable workload further and will provide greater legal autonomy for OWL.
(01-26-2021, 09:22 PM)Belschaft Wrote: Control of the regional WA vote is asigined to the Delegate by the game; creating another elected official to tell the Delegate how to vote is the height of absurdity when we already elect someone to have that responsibility. Every single WA Delegate has a sacred duty to represent the views of the majority of their regional WA members except if the majority's views are against the broader values of the region. The WA Delegate does not have a god given right to vote in a manner which is contrary to the overwhelming views of the region. As arguably the most purely democratic region in the game, the South Pacific's commitment to ensuring that the Delegate votes according to how the region wants them to vote should be continued.
The biggest problem with making it an elected position right now is to find candidates for the position. If OWL has a good base of people who want to run for the position then this is a good proposal. But with this becoming a ministry or not, we still have to restrict the Delegate's legal freedom to decide on GA and SC resolutions. Currently, the Delegate can easily and legally ignore Cabinet's recommendations on any SC or GA resolution, this has not happened yet, but there is nothing to assure it won't happen in the future. The view that the Delegate *is* 100% responsible for WA voting decision indicated by certain legislators violates the principle that they should only serve as a head of state.
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(01-27-2021, 02:31 AM)Langburn Wrote: it will reduce the Delegate's still sizeable workload Um...what sizeable workload? Former Delegate of the South Pacific
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