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Post by Vista Major, MP on Mar 11, 2018 13:33:31 GMT -5
The Confederate Parliament
Parliament Bill # 00_
A Bill For an Act Entitled: The Domestic Restoration Act
11 March 2018
Vista Major
Parliament Proposal
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 Confederacy of Free Nations, in Confederate Parliament assembled, that
Section 1
Applying for Citizenship & Citizenship Statuses ss.1.The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall not require an application in order to grant citizenship to a nation, though any application that the Ministry decides to use must be considered fair and simplicit. In the event that the Ministry decides not to implement an application, in order for citizenship to be granted to a nation, anyone seeking citizenship must instead directly contact the Minister of Internal Affairs, and have World Assembly (WA) status or a WA puppet. All citizens must report all puppets under their control prior to the Ministry within 30 days of their creation/acquisition, or lose their citizenship, at the discretion of the Ministry. ss.2.The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall not grant unto anyone any citizenship status besides “Citizen” (entitled to all the rights and responsibilities of the Confederacy of Free Nations thereof), "Resident" (entitled to the right to free communication and basic legal protections) or “Diplomat” (entitled to diplomatic immunity, free speech and association, and the right to address Parliament and the Cabinet as a formal emissary of their home region). No citizenship statuses shall be given to nations automatically.
Section 2
The Retention of Citizenship
ss.1.
In order for a citizen to retain their citizenship status, they must notify the Ministry of Internal Affairs of their intent to keep their citizenship status every 60 days, beginning 30 days after this Act's passage. If citizens are found to be lacking the requirements of citizenship, they will be given 10 days to come back into accordance with requirements before having their citizenship stripped.
ss.2.
Citizens who Cease to Exist (CTE) shall have their citizenship revoked within 15 days if they are not refounded, unless they report a prolonged absence to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
ss.3.
In order to participate in any activity, organization, or institution offered within the Confederacy of Free Nations (private or government-sponsored), one must be a citizen or diplomat, unless allowed for on an individual basis.
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Post by Continental Commonwealths on Mar 11, 2018 14:32:46 GMT -5
Order.
At the request of the author, this bill has now been moved to debate. The debate shall last for three days, concluding at 4:00pm Eastern on Wednesday, March 14.
Order, Order.
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Post by Unfallious on Mar 11, 2018 16:13:36 GMT -5
This bill removes aspects of the system that we've had for a long time and know work, that being the application process. Whereas my thoughts on the application process itself may not necessarily be positive, I believe it is unnecessary to specify that the Foreign Affairs ministry doesn't have to use an application when there is no law mandating that they have to use an application in the first place. Therefore, I believe section 1 ss.1 is superfluous and unneeded in this bill.
Additionally, I believe it's irresponsible for this bill to establish an entire tier of citizenship and then not actually specify the rights it's supposed to have. What are visitors entitled to? What can they do? To shirk off the responsibility of defining the rights of this whole new tier of citizenship, in my opinion one of the biggest aspects of this bill, to some future bill is ludicrous.
In fact, the only aspect of this bill I don't have problems with is section 2 ss.3 since it gives real incentive to apply for citizenship. Unfortunately, under the weight of the rest of this piece of legislation I cannot agree with it.
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Post by Anglia Imperium, MP on Mar 11, 2018 16:40:17 GMT -5
Think I should change my name to Anglia Imperium Anyway, Unf got me copletely covered
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Post by Vista Major, MP on Mar 11, 2018 17:09:44 GMT -5
The lack of a codification of the application process is precisely the reason I put it in this bill; might as well do it now. I'm willing to negotiate changing the stance on the application; I personally see the application as a deterrent for some, but I'll settle for a legalized leaner application, if need be. The reason I said that a nation does need an application but still needs to contact the MoIA is because I know that people haven't necessarily liked the whole automatic citizenship thing in the past; this is sort of a compromise. I do see your point on the "visitor" status, and I can quickly work something out. I didn't originally include any powers because I thought that, since times change, Parliament should have more leeway with rights granting as well.
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Post by Unfallious on Mar 11, 2018 17:14:47 GMT -5
I believe outright removing the application process is unnecessary, if the Minister doesn't want to use it they're free to abolish it for their term. I believe the current uncodified method works fine and I'd be against any bill that attempts to codify a removal of a process that has worked for us so far.
If section 1 ss. 1 is removed or reworked, and the rights of visitors clarified, I'd be ok with this bill.
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Post by Jaslandia on Mar 11, 2018 17:18:48 GMT -5
I completely disagree with this bill. I don't see why we need to remove the citizenship application, the 'visitor' status seems pointless and a waste of time to enforce when we don't have any serious threats, and requiring activity (or an excuse for inactivity) in order to maintain citizenship seems pointless and silly to me.
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Post by merc on Mar 11, 2018 18:32:31 GMT -5
After re-consideration of this bill's provisions, the Administration would have no choice but to oppose it. There are elements of this bill, particularly with Section 2, which are not entirely objectionable, but this bill would have to be drastically altered to be acceptable, or a new one put forth altogether. The Administration strongly believes in codification of all government processes, but this is not the correct way to go about it.
The Chancellor would have to veto this bill if passed.
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Post by Lex Caledonia on Mar 11, 2018 18:46:02 GMT -5
I agree with the people above me. I fundamentally disagree with this bill, having potential citizens fill in an application has worked for so long, makes record keeping a lot simpler and easier to and isn't an issue. As the Minister of Internal Affairs, I have had zero issues with the application process, Citizen/Resident/Foreign Ambassador have worked well and are (as previously stated) not an issue and don't need to be removed. The status of visitor seems entirely unnecessary. Mandatory retention requirements would do more to intimidate folk than encourage them to stay in my opinion. We should pull people in, not push them. Entice them with regional activities, RPs etc. I've made it a habit to strike CTE nations off as soon as they do so, keeps the roster neat and efficient, no need to wait another 2 weeks. In conclusion I would prefer to be consulted in the future over bills that involve my office, there we might come to an actual understanding over things that should be amended.
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Post by Vista Major, MP on Mar 12, 2018 14:16:13 GMT -5
Updates made to the bill.
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Post by Unfallious on Mar 12, 2018 14:56:25 GMT -5
I still disagree with section 1, subsection 1. I believe we have no current need to codify the application process into law. Additionally, under the changed articles, this bill actually reduces the number of citizenship tiers available. The resident tier, whilst not widely used, is still useful.
Overall, I believe this bill introduces nothing to the region whilst taking away some useful elements. My stance on this bill is that it should be denounced.
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Post by Vista Major, MP on Mar 12, 2018 16:51:25 GMT -5
There remains a need for there to be some slight regulation in the application process. God forbid we ever have an MoIA that decides to go berserkers with citizenship, forcing us to act when it's already too late. I would much rather handle it now with this lax regulation, which still allows the Ministry fair reign over the citizenship process. I have, however, yielded and kept the "Resident" tier available.
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Post by Peng on Mar 14, 2018 12:13:13 GMT -5
I oppose this bill.
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Post by Continental Commonwealths on Mar 16, 2018 17:22:45 GMT -5
Order.
This bill has been moved to a vote. Voting will conclude in seven days on Friday, March 23 at 6:30pm.
Members are asked to voice their approval of this bill with "endorsed", or their disapproval of this bill with "denounced". There is no need to voice abstentions; a lack of any response at all will be viewed as an abstention.
Order, Order.
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Post by Unfallious on Mar 16, 2018 19:15:16 GMT -5
Denounced.
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