Welly
September 1, 2025, 8:05am
1
A2509.01 |
@legislators of the South Pacific,
There has been a seconded motion to amend the Citizenship Act to reform the Citizenship Committee’s operations and governance . The debate topic can be found here .
INFORMATION
This is an amendment to constitutional legislation . According to the Legislative Procedure Act , this vote shall require a majority greater than 60% to pass. The voting period will be 5 days , thus concluding on Saturday, September 6th .
Monday, September 1, 2025 8:05 AM →Saturday, September 6, 2025 8:05 AM
IMPORTANT
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.
The text of the amendment(s) in question is as follows:
An act to establish procedures for managing citizenship eligibility
1. Citizenship Committee
(1) The Citizenship Committee is responsible for granting and revoking the citizenship of members.
(2) The Citizenship Committee is comprised of up to four citizens, each appointed by the Prime Minister Council on Regional Security and approved by the Assembly via a simple majority vote.
(3) A member of the Citizenship Committee is removed from the committee if the member:
resigns,
loses citizenship, or
is recalled by the Assembly through regular order.
(4) If no member of the Citizenship Committee is available due to vacancy or leave, and there are outstanding duties to be performed, the Prime Minister Council on Regional Security may appoint an emergency member to handle any urgent matters of the committee. The Council on Regional Security may, on security grounds only, rescind the Prime Minister’s appointment. Such emergency appointments shall not require confirmation by the Assembly before assuming office. The emergency member’s tenure will last until the Prime Minister Council on Regional Security rescinds the appointment or until one week after a regular committee member is available, whichever happens sooner.
(5) The Citizenship Committee may conduct additional security checks on citizens at the request of other government officials the Prime Minister, an appointed Cabinet Minister, the Admiralty, or the Council on Regional Security .
(6) The Council on Regional Security shall oversee the activities of the Citizenship Committee and may exercise the powers of the Citizenship Committee for the sole purpose of conducting security checks on citizens.
2. Citizenship Requirements
(1) Members of the Coalition are eligible to become citizens if:
the Citizenship Committee does not opine that they are not seeking citizenship in bad faith;they are not attempting to join with multiple nations or identities; and
they are not considered by the Council on Regional Security to be a significant risk to regional security.
[…]
3. Citizenship Registrations
(1) Members of the Coalition may register for citizenship through an application with the Citizenship Committee, including at least the following:
the members ’s current nation in the South Pacific;
a list of any colloquial aliases of the member in use within the last year or in prominent use longer than year ago;
a list of regions with which the member has been affiliated within the last year or in which the member has ever held an elected or appointed governmental position;
the current World Assembly nation of the individual, should one exist. In case of a floating World Assembly membership, the applicant may list multiple nations such that World Assembly membership can be traced throughout the application process; and
a pledge to uphold the laws of the Coalition of the South Pacific.
(2) The Citizenship Committee, in consultation with other institutions of the Coalition as necessary, shall determine the eligibility of each applicant for citizenship.
A member of the Citizenship Committee shall review each citizenship application and determine the applicant’s eligibility for citizenship based on a review of information available to or collected by members of the Citizenship Committee.
All citizenship applications shall promptly be accepted unless the applicant is clearly ineligible for citizenship based on the information available to or collected by members of the Citizenship Committee.
A citizenship application may be denied only if the applicant is clearly ineligible for citizenship based on the information available to or collected by members of the Citizenship Committee.
(2) The Citizenship Committee will strive to confirm receipt the reception of each application, and then will determine the eligibility of the applicant in consultation with any other institutions of the Coalition as needed, and accept or deny each applicant based on that determination.
(3) Members of t T he Citizenship Committee may request additional information as needed from applicants.
(4) Upon acceptance or denial of an application, the Citizenship Committee shall post the result (including a sufficient reason in case of denial) in response to the application.
[…]
Should the above amendment be adopted?
Welly
September 6, 2025, 4:36pm
2
A2509.01 | Passed
This vote on amend the Citizenship Act to reform the Citizenship Committee’s operations and governance required a 60% supermajority of votes in favour, excluding abstentions, to pass. The results are tabled as follows:
Caucus
Aye
Nay
Abstain
Percentage of Vote
The Cakeists 4
2
5
32.4%
The Ice Creamists 7
1
0
23.5%
The Pieists 3
0
2
14.7%
Independent 6
2
2
29.4%
Type
Tally
Percentage of Vote
Final Percentage
Ayes 20
58.8%
80.0%
Nays 5
14.7%
20.0%
Abstentions 9
26.5%
Total 34
91.9% of Legislators
Absent 3
8.1% of Legislators
In light of these results, the vote passes
