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Bill: Northern Dovani Relations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Fascist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 3561
Description[?]:
| Section 1. The Commonwealth of Northern Dovani shall be an autonomous part of the Republic of Dranland. Section 2. CND shall have an elected legislature known as the People's Assembly which shall consist of 300 members chosen in a method to be determined by the CND. Section 3. The Premier shall be head of government and will be the member of the PA best able to command a majority of support from the PA to form a government whose term shall last no more than 4 years. Section 4. There shall be a Governor General who will be elected by popular vote who will act as head of state of CND. He shall have the power to approve the Premier's government, veto legislation, and command the security forces of CND. Section 5. The Dranish Parliament shall approve a High Commissioner to Northern Dovani who shall act as the representative for the Dranish government. He shall meet and consult with CND officials, be responsible for the management of the Dransh government operations in CND and report back to Parliament regularly with detailed reports on the status of the Commonwealth. Section 6. The Dranish Audit and Oversight Board is established with 5 members, who shall sit for 4 years and oversee the financial accounts of CND and shall report back to the Dranish Parliament on the state of the finances of CND. Section 7. Daily police and security operations shall be in the domain of CND authority but the Dranish Republic is allowed to station 2000 police and 5000 armed forces in Dranland to assist and train CND security forces and upon approval from CND authorities participate in security operations. However all border patrol and security operations shall be managed by Dranland and local authorities shall work constructively with the Dranish security forces on these matters. Section 8. Citizens of CND are considered citizens of Dranland though they may not vote in Dranish elections unless they reside in Dranland. Citizens born in CND shall be considered full citizens of CND but those who immigrate to CND must wait 5 years before applying for full citizenship. Section 9. Border security, defense, foreign policy and trade (trade being defined as the movement of goods and services from CND abroad and from abroad to CND) shall be under the domain of the Dranish Government unless the Parliament shall vote to devolve such powers to the local government. Section 10. The Supreme Court of Appeals shall be the highest court in CND and shall hear all cases regarding the validity of law under CND law. It shall consist of 13 justices appointed by the Governor General of CND under the advice and consent of the Premier and shall be approved by the People's Assembly. The PA is free to create such lower courts as it pleases. Section 11. Only cases ruled on by SCA may be appealed to the Dranish highest court which shall have its own discretion whether or not to take up cases. A special Dranish court in CND shall handle questions relating to application of Dranish law in CND. Section 12. Upon the passage of this act an interim government shall be appointed and a 150 member Constituent Assembly will be convened, after being approved by the People's Assembly to write a new constitution under the authority and in the spirit of NDRA. It shall complete its work 1 year after convening and shall hold elections no later than 6 months after approving the new constitution. Section 13. The Dranish Parliament, may at its leisure reprocess any devolved power to CND that is not stated as a power held by Dranland. The Dranish Parliament must be clear what power it is reprocessing and in what ways it will administer it in CND. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:07:41, October 15, 2013 CET | From | Hacia Casa | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We are concerned the provisions in Section 8 will flood eastern Egelia with Kyo and Draddwyr immigrants who do not have the interests of the Egelian Nation at heart. Curro Cabello MP Hacia Casa |
| Date | 22:29:41, October 15, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Agrarian League | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: Doesn't this bill need a two thirds majority since it's a constitutional reform? |
| Date | 23:22:29, October 16, 2013 CET | From | National Fascist Party | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | ooc: nope since we don't have a constitution and this is an act which governs CND |
| Date | 14:35:24, October 17, 2013 CET | From | Drania Cívica 🏴 시민당 | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: Even though this does govern the CND, I feel as though this would be legislation that requires 2/3rds. |
| Date | 02:20:20, October 21, 2013 CET | From | National Fascist Party | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | ooc: well this is something we should have worked out beforehand...needless to say there were no qualms about this when the DHA launched their war on us or when I passed DAZRA many moons ago....so perhaps we can work on that? No hard feelings just a bit of pre-planning |
| Date | 06:49:32, October 21, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Agrarian League | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: you need a two thirds majority to change parliamentary terms and other constiutional bits. I won't recognise this if it doesn't get at least 267 votes. No one here can claim not to know that amending the Constitution requires a two thirds vote. What does the 'DHA war' have to do with this??? |
| Date | 07:01:52, November 25, 2013 CET | From | National Fascist Party | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: doesn't really matter as it ISNT a constitutional amendment!! it would have been more productive to raise these issues before hand. |
| Date | 12:03:27, November 25, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Agrarian League | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: It is a constitutional amendment since it governs the relation between governmental institutions (national and autonomous ones). That's the definition of constitutional law anyway. I dare say since this is RP, unanimous consent is actually necessary. |
| Date | 20:41:51, November 25, 2013 CET | From | Zardio Federisma Partio | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: for it to be considered a constitutional amendment there would have to be a Dranish Constitution (which outside the in game one we have there is no RP one that is mentioned) which specifies the relationship between CND and Dranland. From there, unless the Parliament was given the wide ranging power under such an article to deal with CND such an article in such a constitution would have to regulate down to the wire such the relationship that an act like this would thus have to be considered a constitutional amendment. Needless to say as there isn't a constitution to reference and since that constitution doesn't reference the conduct of relations between the CND and Dranland the constitutional argument is moot. Nevertheless if we are to have NO constitution like in the UK anything can pass with simple majority vote. |
| Date | 05:14:44, November 26, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Agrarian League | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: Very well, have it your way then. Its not as if I myself will be showing much interest while it remains the way it is. I still think this should have at least a two thirds majority. |
| Date | 05:44:52, November 26, 2013 CET | From | Zardio Federisma Partio | To | Debating the Northern Dovani Relations Act |
| Message | OOC: we can agree to this for later changes and legislation regarding CND |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 232 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 147 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 20 |
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