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Post by Sulania on Jul 23, 2017 20:02:50 GMT -5
The Confederate Parliament
Parliament Bill #2
A Bill For An Act Entitled: Internal Affairs Bureaucracy Act
7/23/2017
Member of Parliament: Sulania
Resolved by the Confederate Parliament of the Confederacy of Free Nations, that the following article is proposed as a law under the jurisdiction of the Confederacy of Free Nations, enforceable by all of its institutions.
Be it enacted by the MP’s of the Confederacy of Free Nations in the Confederate Parliament, that
Section I
Citizenship Office and Administration
ss.1. An official account titled the “CoFN Office of Citizenship” shall be created and maintained by the Internal Affairs Ministry.
ss.2. The head of the Citizenship Office shall be a Ministry appointed Director of Citizenship, who will have access to the account and duly responsible for its upkeep. The Minister of Internal Affairs will also have access to the account and share responsibility as the Director of Citizenship, and in the case that the Director of Citizenship position is vacant, the Minister of Internal Affairs shall be the de facto head of the Citizenship Office. This office may also be shared with the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
ss.3. All applications for citizenship, residency, or foreign ambassadorship shall be handled by the CoFN Office of Citizenship. All applications are to be sent to this account, and all confirmations or rejections of citizenship must be handled through the CoFN Office of Citizenship. As well, all applications are to be archived by the account, and are not permitted to be deleted.
ss.4. The Citizenship Roster and Application will remain available through the Citizenship Application and Roster factbook on the Confederate Papers account, however a 2nd copy of the factbook shall be kept and maintained by the CoFN Office of Citizenship.
Ss.5. The Citizenship Roster is to be closed when a regional referendum or election is occuring, at which time the Roster may not be edited and no new applications may be accepted. The roster will be reopened upon the conclusion of the referendum or election.
ss.6. The Citizenship Office and Administration shall not discriminate against anyone on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, gender identity, sexuality, creed, or political affiliation.
Section II
Parliament-Cabinet Relations
ss.1. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, as stated by the Constitution, is responsible for maintaining Cabinet relations with the Parliament. In order to do this with maximum efficiency, the position of First Secretary to Parliament will be created under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
ss.2. The First Secretary will be appointed by the Minister of Internal Affairs. If the First Secretary to Parliament position is vacant, the Minister of Internal Affairs shall hold the de facto position. As well, the First Secretary position may be shared with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
ss.3. The First Secretary shall work as the chief liaison between the Cabinet and the Parliament.
Section III
Expansion of Responsibilities of the Internal Affairs Ministry
ss.1. The Ministry of Internal of Affairs shall have the responsibility of overseeing and maintaining the Political Parties factbook, in which all political parties within the CoFN are compiled for easy access to all citizens.
ss.2. The Ministry of Internal of Affairs shall have the responsibility of overseeing and maintaining the Teapot Bulletin, where it is to keep up to date news and information pertaining to the CoFN.
ss.3. The Ministry of Internal of Affairs shall have the responsibility of overseeing and maintaining the Government Dossier, where positions in government are compiled.
Section IV
Penalties
ss.1. Failure for the Director of Citizenship to comply to the anti-discrimination subsection (S.I ss.6) will result in a charge of Discriminatory Use of Public Office, which, upon being found guilty, shall result in immediate removal from office. If the Minister of Internal Affairs is found guilty of the aforementioned charge, they shall be suspended from office at a minimum of a week, in which time the Chancellor may appoint an Interim to act as Minister of Internal Affairs.
ss.2. Altering the Citizenship Roster in a malicious way that directly harms a specific person or group will result in a charge of Tampering with Public Records, which, upon being found guilty, will result in immediate dismissal from public office.
ss.3. Failure to close the roster during an election or referendum period will result in administrative censure.
ss.4. If it is found that failure to close the roster was due to malicious intent to tamper elections or referendum results, the the aforementioned penalty (S.IV ss.3.) will be replaced with Tampering with Public Records and an additional charge of Corruption, which shall result in a sentence as deemed appropriate by the Judiciary.
ss.5. Active sabotage to Parliament-Cabinet Relations by either the First Secretary to Parliament or the Minister of Internal Affairs will result in immediate administrative censure upon first infraction. Second infraction will result in suspension for at minimum one week. Third infraction will result in a charge of Contempt of Parliamentary Relations, and will result, upon being found guilty, immediate removal from public office.
ss.6. Malicious altering of the Political Parties Factbook, the Teapot Bulletin, or Government Dossier will result in immediate administrative censure upon first infraction. Second infraction shall result in suspension of at minimum a week. Third infraction will result in a charge of Tampering with Public Records, with the aforementioned sentence (S.V. ss.2.)
Chancellor’s signature_______ (not required)
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Post by Sulania on Jul 23, 2017 20:04:10 GMT -5
Request for a Debate Period
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MP Oelesa
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Post by MP Oelesa on Jul 23, 2017 20:16:16 GMT -5
Debate period will go from 7/23/17 to 7/28/17, with a live discord debate on the 26th at 3:30pm EST.
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Perland
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New flag be lit son
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Post by Perland on Jul 24, 2017 10:44:09 GMT -5
Why? All this does is add complicated and uneeded steps. The MOIA has always been the one to do these tasks you plan to split off, and it's worked out pretty well. I mean, if the MOIA wants to create these positions and have people in them, fine. But it shouldn't be a required office. Also, the Citizen Roster being under the Papers account allows for more transparency and organization. Having a puppet solely for the citizenship roster is a waste of NS server space. However, I like the ideas that don't add new offices or warrant a new NS nation such as the tampering offenses, and all of Section III.
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Post by Sulania on Jul 24, 2017 11:07:09 GMT -5
Why? All this does is add complicated and uneeded steps. The MOIA has always been the one to do these tasks you plan to split off, and it's worked out pretty well. I mean, if the MOIA wants to create these positions and have people in them, fine. [1]But it shouldn't be a required office. [3]Also, the Citizen Roster being under the Papers account allows for more transparency and organization. [2]Having a puppet solely for the citizenship roster is a waste of NS server space. However, I like the ideas that don't add new offices or warrant a new NS nation such as the tampering offenses, and all of Section III. 1) Neither is any of them required offices. As is stated in the bills, a lack of these officers defers all duties to the Minister of Internal Affairs, as stated in S.II ss.2 and S.III ss.2. Along with this, nothing states these are required offices that must be filled, rather it creates the offices so as to adequately divide responsibility if the Minister Internal Affairs desires to do so. This creates jobs that can help expand citizens participation in regional government, while still leaving responsibility in the Internal Affairs Ministry. 2) Having a separate puppet where all applications can be sent allows for a more organized and centralized location for all citizenship applications, rather than having it lost in personal telegram. Or in the case of having them sent to the Papers account, being seen and used by other members of government who have no business, such as all the other government positions that have access to the account. 3) As stated in S.II ss.4, The citizenship roster will remain under the Papers account. The Citizenship Roster account will only hold a second copy, which is a good thing because, again, there are several people who have access to the Papers account, and thus access to the Citizenship Roster. We need a second copy available to avoid potential issues of roster tampering by other members of government.
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Post by Continental Commonwealths on Jul 24, 2017 11:15:10 GMT -5
I like that this creates specific procedures for the management of the citizenship roster, such as having it closed during the election period, as well as how it clarifies that the political party factbook and such shall be maintained by this office.
But, I do agree with Perland that the additional offices enshrined in law seems far-reaching. Those duties should be that of the Minister who can delegate them to his or her deputy or staff if they so choose. The fact is that the buck should always stop with the Minister. This expands the bureaucracy, dilutes the responsibility of the Minister, and seems as though the inaugural officeholder is putting too much of his own desired staff structure in place for future officeholders.
I also disagree with a lot of the penalties section. We should have a Criminal Code that should be a one-stop-shop for criminal actions and corresponding punishments. It can be amended as new criminal infractions are realized, but citizens should be able to find all of this in one place for the sake of ease and compliance.
I don't object to the Ministry maintaining a Citizenship puppet, however.
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Post by Sulania on Jul 24, 2017 11:37:50 GMT -5
I like that this creates specific procedures for the management of the citizenship roster, such as having it closed during the election period, as well as how it clarifies that the political party factbook and such shall be maintained by this office. [1]But, I do agree with Perland that the additional offices enshrined in law seems far-reaching. Those duties should be that of the Minister who can delegate them to his or her deputy or staff if they so choose. The fact is that the buck should always stop with the Minister. This expands the bureaucracy, dilutes the responsibility of the Minister, and seems as though the inaugural officeholder is putting too much of his own desired staff structure in place for future officeholders. [2]I also disagree with a lot of the penalties section. We should have a Criminal Code that should be a one-stop-shop for criminal actions and corresponding punishments. It can be amended as new criminal infractions are realized, but citizens should be able to find all of this in one place for the sake of ease and compliance. I don't object to the Ministry maintaining a Citizenship puppet, however. 1) Again, as I have stated, none of these offices are mandated to be filled by this bill. Rather, it creates the positions for the Minister of Internal Affairs to delegate as they so choose, or not at all. As is stated in ss.2 of both Sections pertaining to the creation of the offices, leaving these positions vacant leaves them solely to the Minister of Internal Affairs meaning that any future potential MoIAs who do not wish to make use of the offices may choose not to whatsoever. This bill creates the positions so as to give an initial format to how a Minister can delegate their powers to specific staff, as both of these offices have direct relation to duties outlined for the MoIA in the Constitution. Nor does this bill dictate how staff can be formed outside of the positions. The MoIA still has a lot of freedom in how they construct their Ministry, this simply gives an initial formula of two positions that can be used, kept to the Minister, or deferred to the Deputy Minister. 2) We should, but we don't as far as I can find. So for the purposes of this bill, I included them for the sake of ensuring that the position and responsibilities are not abused. I'd rather have them included now until a Criminal Code is established, then have them amended out once a Criminal Code is formed.
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Post by Continental Commonwealths on Jul 24, 2017 11:54:09 GMT -5
1. Yes, but I think the point is that if the bill is establishing government positions that do not need to be filled and that subsequent Ministers do not to comply with, it's not necessary. As it stands now, the Minister can appoint staff, give them titles, and delegate responsibility from the Ministry's own jurisdiction. This current structure further benefits from the fact that the open appointment process makes it so that the Minister, who is the elected officer trusted with the jurisdiction of this Ministry, is solely responsibly for the actions of his or her Ministry. I really like this structure because I believe the buck should always stop with the elected officer, not his or her appointee. It ensures the Minister is careful of who he or she appoints and maintains a level of awareness of what the Ministey is doing under his or her mandate.
2. A proposed Criminal Code was brought before Parliament yesterday evening for debate. I think the penalties this bill proposes would be covered under the Abuse of Office charge, but its definition can be amended if it doesn't seem comprehensive enough.
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Perland
Former Members
New flag be lit son
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Post by Perland on Jul 24, 2017 12:07:23 GMT -5
Also, I'm pretty sure you'd have to amend the constitution if you do this; "IV. The Minister of Internal Affairs has the primary duty of managing citizenship, and maintaining Cabinet-Parliament relations. The Minister of Internal Affairs has the responsibility of managing the Citizenship Office, and handling citizenship for the entire region.At any point the Chancellor may ask to pull citizenship records, but the Internal Affairs Minister has the right to refuse the Chancellor access to the citizenship office. Appearance, communication and poll rights are given to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
As with a director of citizenship, he/she would have no constitutional authority to do so.
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Perland
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Post by Perland on Jul 29, 2017 0:08:59 GMT -5
Pending vote.
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