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[GCPR.2211] LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2211] Legislative Procedure Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This amendment requires a 60% majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2022-11-29T14:00:00Z2022-12-04T14:00:00Z

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LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
An act to establish the Assembly’s legislative procedure.

1. General Provisions

(1) This law is a constitutional law and has precedence over all general laws and regulations.

2. Standard Procedure

(1) Any legislator may propose a bill, resolution, or amendment and present it to the Assembly for consideration.
(2) All proposals must be debated for a minimum of three days before voting can begin, with constitutional laws and amendments requiring five days.
(3) Votes must remain open for three days.
(4) Votes may begin on a proposal once a motion to vote is made by a legislator and seconded by a different legislator.
(5) Proposals concerning non-constitutional business require a simple majority of voters to pass.
(6) Should competing proposals, defined as proposals amending the same provisions within a passed resolution or piece of legislation, be brought to vote, the proposal with a larger percentage of votes in favor that meets minimum threshold requirements for passage will be enacted.

3. The Chair’s Responsibilities and Powers

(1) The Chair is responsible for the following:

  1. Opening, closing, and recording votes in the Assembly.
  2. Recording the legislative history of each proposal, to include references to debate threads, voting results, and amendment history.
  3. Maintaining the MATT-DUCK Law Archive.
  4. Documenting the use of their discretionary powers, with appropriate rationale, in the relevant thread.

(2) The Chair may, in order to guide legislative debate and maintain order and decorum in the Assembly:

  1. Delay the opening of votes for a reasonable time frame.
  2. Waive the mandatory period of debate that remains on a proposal should a legislator move such action and provide an acceptable rationale.
  3. Correct typographical and grammatical errors, as well as naming or formatting inconsistencies present in proposals and legislation as long as such corrections do not alter the original intent and are presented to the Assembly for a minimum period of three days.

(3) The Chair may form committees for an express purpose, composed of no less than two legislators.
(4) The Chair may implement uniform formatting standards for laws.

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[GCPR.2210] HONORS AND CEREMONIES ACT

This proposal required a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 20 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 90.91% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 8 votes | 53.33%

  • No | 7 votes | 46.67%

  • Abstain | 5 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section f of the Great Council Convening Resolution, the following members did not cast a vote and will be removed from the roll of participants:

[GCPR.2212] ELECTIONS ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2212] Elections Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This amendment requires a 60% majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2022-12-04T14:00:00Z2022-12-09T14:00:00Z

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ELECTIONS ACT

An act to regulate regional elections

1. General Provisions

(1) This law is a constitutional law and has precedence over all general laws and regulations.

(2) This law applies to all elections of government officials.

(3) This law considers the following terms:

  1. Election - the process through which a voter accedes to an office via suffrage, from the opening of declarations of candidacy until the certification of the result.
  2. Voter - a voter as defined in the Voter Registration Act, who additionally meets any added qualifications within this law.
  3. Office - any government position with the exception of voters.
  4. Conflict of Interest Disclosure - a list of all current and past aliases, affiliations, and offices held across NationStates by a candidate.
  5. Participation - the ability to declare one's candidacy and cast votes in a given election.
  6. Candidate - an individual who is listed on the ballot for an election or the option to re-open nominations.

2. Election Commissioner

(1) The Election Commissioner is a voter appointed by the Security Council to administer elections.

(2) The Commissioner is responsible for the publication of election notices and information, the organization and moderation of the venues where the election is conducted, the verification of candidate eligibility, the tallying of votes, the certification of election results, and the resolution of election-related disputes or, when applicable, their referral to the relevant authorities.

(3) The Commissioner cannot hold any office that is subject to election, nor can they run for the office whose election they administer.

3. Election Methods

(1) Instant Runoff Vote is conducted with voters listing however many candidates they prefer, including an option to re-open nominations, in descending order of preference. Until a candidate has received a simple majority of first preferences, the candidate with the fewest first preferences is eliminated and the ballots are tallied again, ignoring any preferences for them.

(2) Majority Vote is conducted when voters list a single candidate whom they prefer or, alternatively, an option to re-open nominations. The candidate with a simple majority of votes is the winner. If no candidate obtains a simple majority and no tie has occurred, a runoff round of voting will be held with the two candidates who obtained the highest numbers of votes and without the option to re-open nominations unless it already qualifies for inclusion.

(3) Ties in elections under instant runoff vote are broken with the candidate with the fewest next level preferences being eliminated, until all levels of preference are exhausted. Ties in all other elections or in cases where other tie-breaking methods have been exhausted, will be resolved by mutual agreement between the candidates or via a method of chance determined by the Commissioner, provided that such a method must be publicly observable and use resources not controlled by either candidate or the Commissioner.

(4) If the option to re-open nominations wins, the election shall revert to declarations to elect the number of winners that remained unelected.

(5) Voters in offsite elections must have the option of casting public or private ballots, but ballots cannot be altered once cast. Ballots cast in private must be sent to a group inbox accessible only to the Commissioner, which should remain available for audit. The identity of private voters cannot be revealed.

4. Election Procedures

(1) Elections for all offices, unless otherwise provided within this law, are conducted in such a manner that declarations of candidacy extend for four days and voting extends for three days from the end of declarations or the previous round of voting, as may be the case. Candidates must submit an accurate conflict of interest disclosure before the end of declarations under penalty of disqualification. Voting, unless otherwise provided within this law, is limited to voters who were admitted before the start of declarations and is conducted via instant runoff vote.

(2) Elections for all offices, unless otherwise provided within this law, must begin no later than seven days after the occurrence of a vacancy unless the same occurred when less than half of the term remains, in which case the vacancy is filled in the following manner:

  1. For the Delegate, the next in line, according to the line of succession set by the Security Council, becomes Delegate for the remainder of the term.
  2. For other offices, the Prime Minister selects a successor, provided that such individual should be otherwise eligible to stand for election, subject to approval from the Assembly.

(3) Elections for the Chair of the Assembly will begin immediately upon vacancy of the Chair, or the passage of a resolution to start elections for Chair, the latter of which may only be passed no earlier than 2 months after the end of the last election. Elections will use the instant runoff voting method.

(4) Elections for the Delegate begin on the first of February and August and are conducted via a first round of instant runoff vote with two winners and a second round of majority vote, provided that voting for the second round is held via a regional poll limited to Native World Assembly Residents and posting on the Message Board with a tag to the Commissioner limited to members of the Special Forces identified by the Minister of Defense as being deployed during voting. Candidates in the first round must have a number of endorsements no lower than 80% of the general endorsement cap, rounded down to the nearest whole number, at the start of the election. Candidates in the second round are the winners of the first round.

(5) Elections for the Prime Minister begin 3 months after the conclusion of the last election.

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[GCPR.2211] LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

This proposal required a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 20 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 100.00% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 10 votes | 71.43%

  • No | 4 votes | 28.57%

  • Abstain | 6 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

Mr. Chair,

I would like to point out that the most recent vote total you reported does not reflect the state of the final vote.

[GCPR.2213] REPEAL OF THE HONORS AND CEREMONIES ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2213] Repeal of the Honors and Ceremonies Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2022-12-07T14:00:00Z2022-12-12T14:00:00Z

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HONORS AND CEREMONIES ACT
An act to define customs and ceremonies in the Coalition’s government.

1. General Provisions

(1) This law is a general law.

2. Honors

(1) The standard honorific to be used in the Coalition should be “The Honorable”.
(2) While in the Assembly:

  1. The Chair should be addressed in all posts.
  2. The Prime Minister should be indirectly addressed.
  3. The Delegate should be prefaced with the standard honorific.
  4. Justices should be prefaced with the standard honorific.

(3) Justices should be addressed as “Your Honor” in the High Court.

3. Ceremonies

(1) The Chair of the Assembly should, upon the proclamation of results of the Prime Minister election, invite the Prime Minister-elect to give a speech to the Assembly outlining their plans for the upcoming term and introduce their government for approval by the Assembly.
(2) Upon the proclamation of results of the Delegate election, the Delegate-elect should give an inaugural speech to the region.
(3) Upon the start of their terms:

  1. The Prime Minister-elect should take the oath of office, administered by the Delegate.
  2. The Chair of the Assembly-elect should take the oath of office, administered by the Delegate.
  3. The Delegate-elect should take the oath of office, administered by the outgoing Delegate.
  4. All Justices should take the oath of office administered by the Chair of the Assembly.

(4) The administering of the oath shall take place in a public setting.
(5) Foreign ambassadors should present their letters of credential to the Delegate in a public setting.

4. Oath of Office

(1) The oath of office reads:

“I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Charter of the Coalition of the South Pacific, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.”

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[GCPR.2214] REGIONAL OFFICERS ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2214] Regional Officers Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2022-12-14T14:00:00Z2022-12-19T14:00:00Z

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Regional Officers Act
An act providing for the dissemination of Regional Officer powers

1. General Provisions

(1) This law is a general law.

2. Regional Officers

(1) The in-game Delegate will be granted all Regional Officer powers.

(2) The Prime Minister will be granted all non-Border Control powers.

(3) The Prime Minister may allot up to four Regional Officer positions, and grant them any combination of Appearance, Communications, Embassies, and Polls powers.

(4) The Security Council will be allotted a minimum of three Regional Officer positions and be granted Border Control and Communications powers.

(5) Moderators appointed by the Administration Team will be allotted up to three Regional Officer positions and be granted Appearance, Communications and Polls powers as necessary to enforce moderation policy.

(6) Members of the Security Council who concurrently serve as another Regional Officer named in this act will be granted the powers of both offices.

(7) Where applicable, all unused Regional Officer positions will be allotted to the Security Council.

(8) During elections, the Election Commissioner will be granted Communications and Polls powers.

(9) The Security Council may grant Border Control powers to other Regional Officers as they see fit.

3. Limitations

(1) The 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, or a reasonable moderation policy as executed by moderators.

(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. Conduct unbecoming of a representative of the South Pacific may result in suspension of Regional Officer power as determined by the issuing authority.

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[GCPR.2212] ELECTIONS ACT

This proposal required a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 20 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 100.00% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 10 votes | 71.43%

  • No | 4 votes | 28.57%

  • Abstain | 6 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

[GCPR.2213] REPEAL OF THE HONORS AND CEREMONIES ACT

This proposal required a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 19 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 85.71% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 10 votes | 66.67%

  • No | 6 votes | 33.33%

  • Abstain | 3 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section f of the Great Council Convening Resolution, the following members did no cast a vote and will be removed from the roll of participants:

[GCRA.2215] AMENDMENT TO THE GREAT COUNCIL CONVENING RESOLUTION

This is a vote on [GCRA.2215] Amendment to the Great Council Convening Resolution, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2022-12-17T14:00:00Z2022-12-22T14:00:00Z

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Regional Officers Act

Great Council Convening Resolution of 2022

A resolution to to convene a Great Council for the purposes of altering the Coalition

The Assembly of the Coalition:

[…]

  1. Determines the following agenda and rules of order, which may altered by majority vote of the Great Council at its discretion:
    a. The Chair of the Great Council shall limit the first week of the Great Council to debate of procedures, admittance of non-legislators, and identification of problems to be resolved.
    b. Following that week, the Chair of the Great Council shall open general debate on proposals. Proposals may propose any combination of new legislation, amendments to existing legislation, or amendments to proposals already adopted by the Great Council.
    c. Proposals must be debated for five days before a participant motions to vote.
    d. Upon recognition of a motion to vote by the Chair or Deputy Chair, the proposal will be brought to vote for five days and adopted according to Article XIV, Section 5.
    e. A motion to end general debate adopt a given omnibus bill and adjourn sine die may be called no sooner than four weeks after of the convening of the Great Council. The motion should specify the adopted or outstanding proposal(s) to be included in the omnibus bill. Upon recognition of the motion by the Chair or Deputy Chair, the motion shall be brought to vote for five days and adopted in favor by three-fifths of the Great Council. No new proposals may be submitted once the motion is recognized, unless and until the motion shall be rejected by the Great Council. One day following adoption, all outstanding proposals named in the motion will be brought to vote for five days, unless retracted by the original proposer prior to voting starting, and adopted according to Article XIV, Section 5.
    f. Should adopted proposals named in the motion contain conflicting or contrary language, the Great Council will enter into a reconciliation period, wherein all conflicts will be resolved. Each conflicting proposal will be brought to a competing vote for five days, and the proposal favored by the greater number of participants will be adopted.
    g. Following a reconciliation period, or in the absence of the need for one, the Chair of the Great Council shall combine all amendments named in the motion to end general debate into an omnibus and bring the omnibus to a final vote for five days. The final omnibus which shall be adopted according to Article XIV, Section 5. The adopted text shall be published by the Chair of the Great Council as the final product of the Great Council and presented to the Chair of the Assembly for recording.
    h. The Chair of the Great Council shall publish the final product of the Great Council, and recognize a motion by a participant to adjourn sine die. The motion to adjourn sine die shall be adopted by majority vote, and the final product shall be presented to the Chair of the Assembly for recording.

[…]

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[GCPR.2214] REGIONAL OFFICERS ACT

This proposal required a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 19 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 100.00% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 12 votes | 92.31%

  • No | 1 vote | 7.69%

  • Abstain | 6 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

[GCRA.2215] AMENDMENT TO THE GREAT COUNCIL CONVENING RESOLUTION

This proposal required a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 19 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 100.00% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 14 votes | 93.33%

  • No | 1 vote | 6.67%

  • Abstain | 4 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

[GCPR.2216] AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2216] Amendment to the Charter and the Legislative Procedure Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a 60% majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2022-12-31T19:30:00Z2023-01-05T19:30:00Z

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CHARTER OF THE COALITION OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

[. . .]

I. Supremacy

  1. The Charter is the highest law of the region and holds supremacy over all other laws, treaties, and regulations. laws and regulations.

[. . .]

LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

[. . .]

2. Standard Procedure

(1) Any legislator may propose a bill, resolution, or amendment, or recall and present it to the Assembly for consideration.
(2) All proposals must be debated for a minimum of three days before voting can begin, with constitutional business requiring five days.
(3) Votes must remain open for three days.
(4) Votes may begin on a proposal once a motion to vote is made by a legislator and seconded by a different legislator.
(5) Proposals concerning non-constitutional business require a simple majority of voters to pass. Proposals concerning constitutional business require a three-fifths majority to pass, with all others requiring a simple majority to pass.
(6) Should competing proposals, defined as proposals amending the same provisions within a passed resolution or piece of legislation, be brought to vote, the proposal with a larger percentage of votes in favor that meets minimum threshold requirements for passage will be enacted.

3. Treaties

(1) The Prime Minister or a designated Cabinet minister must notify the Assembly of the receipt of any treaty, or announce the Prime Minister’s intent to dissolve a treaty, upon which the Assembly will debate it according to procedures set for constitutional business.

(2) The Prime Minister or a designated Cabinet minister must notify the Assembly of the dissolution of any treaty, and the reasons why it was dissolved.

4. 3. The Chair’s Responsibilities and Powers

(1) The Chair is responsible for the following:

  1. Opening, closing, and recording votes in the Assembly.
  2. Recording the legislative history of each proposal, to include references to debate threads, voting results, and amendment history.
  3. Maintaining the MATT-DUCK Law Archive.
  4. Documenting the use of their discretionary powers, with appropriate rationale, in the relevant thread,
  5. Processing Legislator applications from citizens, ensuring applicants do not appear to be in bad faith or represent a security risk,
  6. Removing Legislator status from those who failed maintain their status or resign.

[. . .]

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[GCPR.2216] AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

This proposal required a 60% majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 19 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 89.47% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 13 votes | 100.00%

  • No | 0 votes | 0.00%

  • Abstain | 6 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section f of the Great Council Convening Resolution, the following members did no cast a vote and will be removed from the roll of participants:

[GCPR.2301] DEFENCE ACT (WITH A PRIME MINISTER)

This is a vote on [GCPR.2301] Defence Act (with a Prime Minister), which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2023-01-21T05:00:00Z2023-01-26T14:00:00Z

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Defense Act
An act to establish an official military for regional defense, war, and gameplay

1. General Provisions

  1. This law is a constitutional law and has precedence over all general laws and regulations.

2. Scope and Purpose

  1. The South Pacific Special Forces (SPSF) are the official military of the Coalition.
  2. The military will endeavor to:
    a. Defend the Coalition and its allies,
    b. Protect innocent regions from attack,
    c. Promote legitimate, native democratic institutions across the world.
  3. The military will not engage in offensive operations to attack, destroy, vandalize, subjugate, or colonize any regions, except for:

a. Regions which espouse hateful ideologies, or
b. Regions against which the Assembly has declared an official state of war or recognized as hostile.

3. Governance

  1. The Prime Minister is the civilian commander-in-chief of the military.
  2. The Prime Minister may issue lawful orders to the military.
  3. The Prime Minister may issue regulations for the recruitment, maintainence, and overall funtioning of the military in accordance with its scope and purpose.
  4. The Prime Minister may designate a minister as being responsible for the military. This minister may act in the name of the Prime Minister for the purposes of this law, but the Prime Minister retains the authority to overrule any such actions.

3. Discipline

  1. The Prime Minister may establish a code of conduct for members of the military.
  2. The Prime Minister may enact disciplinary actions for violations of this code of conduct.
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[GCPR.2302] DEFENCE ACT (WITH A GENERAL CORPS)

This is a vote on [GCPR.2302] Defence Act (with a General Corps), which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2023-01-21T05:00:00Z2023-01-26T14:00:00Z

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Defense Act
An act to establish an official military for regional defense, war, and gameplay

1. General Provisions

  1. This law is a constitutional law and has precedence over all general laws and regulations.

2. Scope and Purpose

  1. The South Pacific Special Forces (SPSF) are the official military of the Coalition.
  2. The military will endeavor to:
    a. Defend the Coalition and its allies,
    b. Protect innocent regions from attack,
    c. Promote legitimate, native democratic institutions across the world.
  3. The military will not engage in offensive operations to attack, destroy, vandalize, subjugate, or colonize any regions, except for:
    a. Regions which espouse hateful ideologies, or
    b. Regions against which the Assembly has declared an official state of war or recognized as hostile.

3. Governance

  1. The General Corps is a body responsible for organizing military missions and deciding personnel membership and ranks. A member of the General Corps is a General.
  2. The General Corps may issue lawful orders to the military.
  3. The General Corps may issue regulations for the recruitment, maintainence, and overall funtioning of the military in accordance with its scope and purpose.
  4. For a willing and eligible individual to become a General, they must be nominated by the Prime Minsiter in consultation with the General Corps and approved by the Assembly.

3. Discipline

  1. The General Corps may establish a code of conduct for members of the military.
  2. The General Corps may enact disciplinary actions for violations of this code of conduct.
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  • Abstain

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[GCPR.2303] REGIONAL SECURITY ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2303] Regional Security Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2023-01-21T05:00:00Z2023-01-26T14:00:00Z

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Regional Security Act
An act to provide for the region’s security

1. General Provisions

(1) This law is a constitutional law and has precedence over all general laws and regulations.

(2) Acts of hostility are defined as the following actions taken against the legitimate government of the Coalition or her allies, successful or otherwise:

  1. overthrowing the legitimate government,
  2. unlawfully causing a nation to become Delegate,
  3. unlawfully gaining access to, distributing, or publishing privileged or classified information,
  4. exploiting, manipulating, or unduly influencing elections or votes,
  5. acting as an agent on behalf of a foreign region or organization, to the detriment of the legitimate government,
  6. planning, strategizing, or otherwise showing an intent to commit an act of hostility (also known as conspiracy),
  7. promoting, inducing, aiding or abetting an act of hostility, including a conspiracy to commit such an act (also known as complicity).

2. Security Council

(1) Individuals appointed by the Security Council may be recalled by the Assembly as officers of the Coalition.

(2) Members of the Security Council will be subject to a reconfirmation vote, initiated by the Chair of the Assembly at the start of June every year, and a simple majority must in favor of their reconfirmation to retain their position.

3. Persona Non Grata

(1) The Prime Minister may declare any individual who is not a Citizen as persona non grata if they believe the individual to be hostile to the Coalition. Persona non grata declarations must be posted publicly.

(2) Any individual who is declared persona non grata is prohibited from participating in or being a part of the Coalition, regions under its jurisdiction, or off-site venues maintained by the Coalition.

(3) The Prime Minister may publicly revoke the persona non grata status of any individual.

4. Proscriptions

(1) A proscription is a prohibition on participating in or being a part of the Coalition, regions under its jurisdiction, or off-site venues maintained by the Coalition, except as necessary for judicial review of the proscription.

(2) The Cabinet or the Security Council may proscribe an individual, region, organization that they determine to be hostile.

(3) Proscriptions must be posted and maintained publicly, including a report detailing the acts of hostility.

(4) The issuing authority may revoke the proscription at any time by publicly issuing a report detailing the justification for the revocation.

(5) A member of the Coalition subject to a proscription may petition the High Court for judicial review under one of the following procedures:
a. the individual may request that the High Court review underlying evidence of intelligence upon which their proscription is based, solely for the purpose of determining if the issuing authority followed the required process and has a rational basis to their interpretation of evidence and intelligence underlying the proscription; or
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.

(6) For the purposes of judicial review, the individual must be granted adequate forum permissions to participate in the High Court proceedings for that case.

5. States of Emergency

(1) The Assembly may vote to overrule actions taken during a state of emergency by the Security Council with a three-fifths majority in favor.

(2) Appointments during a state of emergency will be reversed one week following the end of the state of emergency unless approved by the Assembly.

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[GCPR.2304] JUDICIAL PROCEDURE ACT

This is a vote on [GCPR.2304] Judicial Procedure Act, which was submitted, debated, and motioned on this thread in accordance with the provisions of the Great Council Convening Resolution.

This proposal requires a simple majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass, and will remain open during the period listed below:

2023-01-21T05:00:00Z2023-01-26T14:00:00Z

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Judicial Act

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

1. Composition

(1) The High Court comprises at least three Justices.

(2) For a willing and eligible individual to become a Justice, they must be nominated by the Prime Minsiter in consultation with the High Court and approved by the Assembly.

(3) The Prime Minister will nominate a fitting individual as justice as quickly as reasonably possible if:
a. there are fewer than three Justices on the High Court, or
b. a case cannot continue due to recusals.

2. Judicial Conduct

(1) Justices of the High Court will:
a. rule upon what is written in law, and not be influenced by prejudice based on personal bias, corruption by undue influence, or discord;
b. consider the impact of Court rulings carefully to ensure that, whenever possible, no individual is empowered to exploit rulings of the Court;
c. maintain good communication with fellow Justices as well as the broader community; and
d. be reasonably inquisitorial.

(2) Justices must:
a. be a resident of the South Pacific,
b. pass a security check conducted by the Citizenship Commission upon nomination, and
c. take an oath of confidentiality and impartiality.

3. Case Procedure

(1) Cases can be legal questions, criminal complaints, or criminal appeals.

(2) The High Court will establish and publicly document a process for submitting cases that ensures that:
a. any individual authorized to submit a case can access the means to do so, and
b. submitted cases are visible to the public.

(3) The High Court will determine with reasonable speed whether a case is justiciable. If found justiciable, a justice will be assigned to the case. Otherwise, the case is unappealably dismissed.

(4) If a justice recuses themselves or a request for the recusal of the assigned justice is granted, the High Court will assign another justice.

(5) Any member of the South Pacific may:
a. submit a case to the High Court;
b. submit information, evidence, or opinions relevant to a case; and/or
c. request the recusal of the assigned justice at any time, which will be reviewed by the High Court.

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

(7) The assigned justice will gather all necessary information and evidence and analyze the question(s) posed by a case with all deliberate speed to deliver a ruling. Any individuals involved in the crafting of the ruling must be named within it. The opinion must be approved by another justice not recused from the case.

(8) Unless otherwise specified in this law, cases will run for at least 72 hours from the assignment of a justice to the delivery of a ruling.

4. Legal Questions

(1) A legal question is a case containing one or more questions about the meaning of laws or regulations or their applicability to concrete or hypothetical situations.

(3) The ruling delivered for a legal question shall have the full force of law until appealed or the law upon which the ruling was based is significantly changed.

5. Criminal Complaints

(1) A criminal complaint is a case containing one or more questions about whether one or more individuals committed a criminal act.

(2) For each individual listed in a criminal complaint, the assigned justice will determine if there is probable cause to believe the individual committed that act. The individual is indicted for the criminal acts, if any, for which such probable cause exists.

(3) Indicted individuals will be informed through at least one reasonable means and given at least one week to defend themselves before a ruling may be delivered.

(4) The assigned justice will deliver an ruling that includes a verdict for each indictment contained within the case. The verdict shall be guilty if and only if the accused admitted guilt or the justice has determined it to be substantially more likely than not that the criminal act occurred.

(5) The ruling delivered by the assigned justice will include a sentence for each guilty verdict, if any.

6. Criminal Appeals

(1) An appeal is a case containing one or more questions about whether a criminal conviction should be overturned.

(2) Appeals can only be submitted if there is no other pending appeal for that case. Appeals can only be submitted against the most recently adjudicated appeal, or if none exists, then against the criminal case itself.

(3) Appeals may be submitted on grounds of process violations, contradictions of law, or judicial misconduct. For such an appeal, the assigned justice of the case being appealed is automatically recused from the appeal case.

(4) Appeals may be submitted upon submission of new evidence that can reasonably be considered grounds for reviewing the original ruling.

7. Confidentiality

(1) Unless otherwise specified in this article, material submitted for a case will be visible alongside the case proceedings in a public venue.

(2) Confidential material that may harm regional security may be submitted to the Court, provided that the Court works with the corresponding authority to redact the information that may harm regional security.

(3) Material that is of a personal nature, such as that which reveals personally identifiable information or which would otherwise unreasonably violate personal privacy, may be provided to the Court on a confidential basis, and published in a redacted form only if a reasonable person could not deduce the identity being protected.

8. Temporary Injunctions

(1) The assigned justice of a case may issue a temporary injunction to compel an individual or institution to do or refrain from specific acts. The injunction must be issued either directly to a party of the case, or to another individual or organization if the act described in the order directly affects a party of the case. An injunction may only be issued if pertinent to the orderly progression of the case or in the interest of public peace and order.

(2) Any injunction must include a time limit not exceeding four weeks, after which it expires. An injunction may be extended at any time, with each extension also including a time limit not exceeding four weeks from the moment the extension is issued. An injunction automatically expires when its associated case completes, unless it is grandfathered into a succeeding sentencing case if applicable.

(3) Issuing, lifting, amending, renewing or extending a temporary injunction requires approval by another justice not recused from the case.

(4) A temporary injunction may not unreasonably restrict an individual’s existing right of participation in the region, nor may it exclude the possibility of seeking remedy through the court. A temporary injunction may not order an act that is not reversible.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Abstain

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[GCPR.2301] DEFENCE ACT (WITH A PRIME MINISTER)

This proposal required a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 21 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 91.30% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 6 votes | 42.86%

  • No | 8 votes | 57.14%

  • Abstain | 7 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has failed.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section f of the Great Council Convening Resolution, the following members did not cast a vote and will be removed from the roll of participants:

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[GCPR.2302] DEFENCE ACT (WITH A GENERAL CORPS)

This proposal required a three-fifths majority of valid votes cast, excluding abstentions, to pass.

A total of 21 participants cast a valid vote, constituting 91.30% of the total number of participants, the result being as follows:

  • Yes | 11 votes | 78.57%

  • No | 3 votes | 21.43%

  • Abstain | 7 votes

The result being as stated above, the proposal has passed.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section f of the Great Council Convening Resolution, the following members did not cast a vote and will be removed from the roll of participants: