Post by Lex Caledonia on Apr 7, 2018 18:54:08 GMT -5
The Confederate Parliament
Constitutional Amendment #002
An Amendment to the Constitution Entitled: Citizen Confidentiality Amendment
08 April 2018
Author: Lex Caledonia - Minister of Internal Affairs
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;
Section 1
Procedure
ss.1. Article 1, Section I of the Constitution shall be modified to read:"Parliament shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion in the government, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; the right of citizens to peaceably assemble, to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and citizenship confidentiality."
ss.2. Article 5, Section I of the Constitution shall be modified to read:
"Furthermore, he or she carries the right to establish embassies and diplomatic relations between the Confederacy and other regions, veto Parliamentary legislature, and carry out intelligence queries. If requested, they must adhere to citizenship confidentiality. All officer rights are given to the Chancellor."
ss.3. Article 5, Section II of the Constitution shall be modified to read:
"If the Chancellor returns within the same term, he or she may return to their original position, and the Vice-Chancellor will return to theirs. If requested, they must adhere to citizenship confidentiality. All officer rights are given to the Vice-Chancellor."
ss.4. Article 5, Section III of the Constitution shall be modified to read:
"Lastly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is authorized to send sanctioned messages over other regions' RMBs and maintain his or her own contingent of diplomatic staff. If requested, they must adhere to citizenship confidentiality. Border control, communications and embassy rights are given to the Minister of Foreign Affairs."
ss.5. Article 5, Section IV of the Constitution shall be modified to read:
"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. If requested, they must adhere to citizenship confidentiality. Appearance, communication and poll rights are given to the Minister of Internal Affairs."
ss.6. Article 5, Section V of the Constitution shall be modified to read:
"The Minister of Justice is also tasked with carrying out punishments given out by the judiciary and supervising the Constabulary. If requested, they must adhere to citizenship confidentiality. Border control and communications rights are given to the Minister of Justice."
Section 2
Definition
ss.1. Citizen Confidentiality shall be defined as the right of an individual to have personal, identifiable and other information kept private, if the individual (citizen) requests so. Such information should be available only to the member of cabinet of record and other government personnel as necessary.
ss.2. Citizen confidentiality also means that personal and other information given to a government/cabinet recipient will not be disclosed to others unless the individual has given specific permission for such release.
ss.3. However, if the government recipient of confidential information believes that there is a genuine cause for concern with the information presented, they may divulge that information to another member of government if it is deemed necessary.
ss.4. Citizens will only have access to confidentiality if they request so in writing and said writing must be recorded.
Chancellor’s signature_______ (not required)