[2504.AB] Declarations of War

I think it would be better if it were like this:

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I can’t really see what the difference really is

Legislators shouldn’t be capitalised and this is missing a word or semicolon:

Also just to point out, this changes the process for concluding peace. The current provision only requires a supermajority for declaring war.

Isn’t to “conclude peace” the same as to bring an end to peace / to start war?

“Concluding peace” is the legal jargon for ending a war.

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There is no need to have an exclusive article on the declaration of war, it is better to bring this to the article that deals with the Assembly.

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I see. I will change it then

I support this. If we are going to have an explicit mention of DoW, then I think it should be under the Assembly section of the charter.

(Though, I still think it’s implied the Assembly has the power to declare war, even if we don’t spell it out explicitly)

I would agree with that reading of the Charter (that it is an implied power vested in the Assembly). However, as a matter of legislative technique and taking into account plain language principles, I believe it should be explicitly spelled out in the Charter.

I support the proposal.

Considering it’s been five days and no objections raised, I’m motioning to move this to a vote

I’ll second.

To clarify, which proposal are you motioning?

Cryos? (I motion for Cryo’s version [with a semicolon])

I would rather conluding peace be easier at a simple majority than keep it at a three-fifths and potentially gridlock us into a war.

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I second Griff’s motion for Cryo’s version.

I agree, so much so that the change to my proposal already does that; Cyro’s just corrects some grammatical errors.

Therefore, I move (or third) my proposal for a vote.

I second @Silva’s motion.

Since there are two competing bills that have a recognized seconded motion to vote, we will proceed to a separate and simultaneous vote on the competing bills later in the day:

Before we proceed with a vote, can @Cryo clarify if they intend to incorporate the striking off of Article XI of the Charter in their proposal, as is done in Silva’s proposal?

Yes, the strike-out is part of it.

But if any cares, I’m throwing my support towards the other draft.

We are now at a vote… for both 1 & 2.