04-22-2012, 11:53 PM
During march we did not have ministers so I made an unofficial bulletin, with some advice from others:
Quote: The North Pacific Bulletin March 2012
Regional alert level: green
Regional forum: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/
The government of the North Pacific, would like to let you know about what's been going on.
? January Elections -- [nation]Blue Wolf II[/nation] and Felasia ([nation]Denarian Knight[/nation]) ran for Delegate. Blue Wolf II won the election with 45% of the vote to Felasia's 30%. Felasia followed [nation]Blackshear41[/nation] in joining the regional Security Council instead.
? Recall vote -- during the last week, we held a recall vote ( http://bit.ly/GGwSAS ) during which the Regional Assembly judged that Blue Wolf II had simply been too inactive and we need to elect a new Delegate. Nominations begin shortly.
? TNP v JAL -- A case against Durkadurkiranistan II, who ejected most of the region in 2010 after seizing the delegacy, was filed last year by the Attorney General and went through a bewildering series of procedural mishaps and disapparances of judges. Now a new Chief Justice is in town, who ruled that the original case was a mistrial. The Attorney General (me) has filed a new complaint ( http://bit.ly/y4apLS ).
? Observing that the Attorney General who filed suit was under the law prosecutor of the case even after their term expired, Haor Chall proposed changing that and also making the Attorney General removable by the Delegate. ( http://bit.ly/GCltYJ ) The proposal has stalled for technical reasons.
? A series of proposals came in to our volunteer legislature after this: A proposal to change the region to a theocracy worshiping Flemingovia, a proposal to adjust the regional Security Council law, a proposal to override the Security Council's decision to not accept [nation]Novare Res[/nation]'s application, a proposal to legislate regulation of Regional Message Board advertisements from other regions, and last but certainly not least that proposal to recall Blue Wolf II for inactivity. The theocracy proposal has been tabled, the security council law has been adjusted, Romanoffia has not been admitted to the Security Council, and the proposed RMB ad regulation law has not passed.
? Shortly before disappearing, Blue Wolf II asked for people to volunteer ( http://bit.ly/y0ft8d ) to work in his cabinet. A number of people volunteered, but have not been appointed.
? In January we elected Speaker New Kervoskia, but he went missing. Limi ([nation]Very odd and Random[/nation]) defeated Govindia ([nation]Ramaba[/nation]) in a the special election, and soon appointed Govindia his Deputy Speaker.
? On the NationStates forum, administrator [nation]Salusa Secondus[/nation] brought up discussion of a possible Repeal & Replace system for WA resolutions; this conversation has also been brought to TNP.
Thank you for reading and the best of wishes,
"Eluvatar,"
Minister for Regional International Affairs,
Respublika of Zemnaya Svoboda[/quote]
Immediately after the bulletin was written, Blue Wolf II challenged his recall on the grounds that gave him that the recall vote received a 2/3 majority of those voting for or against, rather than 2/3 of the whole RA membership. This challenge was sustained by the courts and the special election which had begun was cancelled. The court's decision also went ahead and declared that in all votes except for elections, abstentions would have to count in the denominator, as though they were nay votes.
Blue Wolf II then proceeded to begin to exercise the responsibilities of government, appointing Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Gulliver), Defense (mcmasterdonia), and Communications (flemingovia). The re-vote on recalling him (with correct voting instructions this time) failed as a result.
In response to the court's decision, Speaker Limi had adopted a policy that one could only vote Aye/For or Nay/Against; anything else would not count as a vote, and would not count toward the RA's (strict) attendance policy. This predictably caused people to run afoul of the attendance policy, and Todd McCloud is arguing against his removal from the Regional Assembly as we speak.
This led to an (understandable) outcry, and the incorporation of a rewrite of every clause in the constitution involving votes into an Omnibus reform bill that had been in the works. The finalized Omnibus bill passed April 12 and the RA has returned to a traditional, sane, method of counting abstentions.
The RA continues to consider sweeping reform of the legal code, and ponder sweeping reform of the Constitution.
~Elu :trtl:
Expect a more formal update soon
Quote: The North Pacific Bulletin March 2012
Regional alert level: green
Regional forum: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/
The government of the North Pacific, would like to let you know about what's been going on.
? January Elections -- [nation]Blue Wolf II[/nation] and Felasia ([nation]Denarian Knight[/nation]) ran for Delegate. Blue Wolf II won the election with 45% of the vote to Felasia's 30%. Felasia followed [nation]Blackshear41[/nation] in joining the regional Security Council instead.
? Recall vote -- during the last week, we held a recall vote ( http://bit.ly/GGwSAS ) during which the Regional Assembly judged that Blue Wolf II had simply been too inactive and we need to elect a new Delegate. Nominations begin shortly.
? TNP v JAL -- A case against Durkadurkiranistan II, who ejected most of the region in 2010 after seizing the delegacy, was filed last year by the Attorney General and went through a bewildering series of procedural mishaps and disapparances of judges. Now a new Chief Justice is in town, who ruled that the original case was a mistrial. The Attorney General (me) has filed a new complaint ( http://bit.ly/y4apLS ).
? Observing that the Attorney General who filed suit was under the law prosecutor of the case even after their term expired, Haor Chall proposed changing that and also making the Attorney General removable by the Delegate. ( http://bit.ly/GCltYJ ) The proposal has stalled for technical reasons.
? A series of proposals came in to our volunteer legislature after this: A proposal to change the region to a theocracy worshiping Flemingovia, a proposal to adjust the regional Security Council law, a proposal to override the Security Council's decision to not accept [nation]Novare Res[/nation]'s application, a proposal to legislate regulation of Regional Message Board advertisements from other regions, and last but certainly not least that proposal to recall Blue Wolf II for inactivity. The theocracy proposal has been tabled, the security council law has been adjusted, Romanoffia has not been admitted to the Security Council, and the proposed RMB ad regulation law has not passed.
? Shortly before disappearing, Blue Wolf II asked for people to volunteer ( http://bit.ly/y0ft8d ) to work in his cabinet. A number of people volunteered, but have not been appointed.
? In January we elected Speaker New Kervoskia, but he went missing. Limi ([nation]Very odd and Random[/nation]) defeated Govindia ([nation]Ramaba[/nation]) in a the special election, and soon appointed Govindia his Deputy Speaker.
? On the NationStates forum, administrator [nation]Salusa Secondus[/nation] brought up discussion of a possible Repeal & Replace system for WA resolutions; this conversation has also been brought to TNP.
Thank you for reading and the best of wishes,
"Eluvatar,"
Minister for Regional International Affairs,
Respublika of Zemnaya Svoboda[/quote]
Immediately after the bulletin was written, Blue Wolf II challenged his recall on the grounds that gave him that the recall vote received a 2/3 majority of those voting for or against, rather than 2/3 of the whole RA membership. This challenge was sustained by the courts and the special election which had begun was cancelled. The court's decision also went ahead and declared that in all votes except for elections, abstentions would have to count in the denominator, as though they were nay votes.
Blue Wolf II then proceeded to begin to exercise the responsibilities of government, appointing Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Gulliver), Defense (mcmasterdonia), and Communications (flemingovia). The re-vote on recalling him (with correct voting instructions this time) failed as a result.
In response to the court's decision, Speaker Limi had adopted a policy that one could only vote Aye/For or Nay/Against; anything else would not count as a vote, and would not count toward the RA's (strict) attendance policy. This predictably caused people to run afoul of the attendance policy, and Todd McCloud is arguing against his removal from the Regional Assembly as we speak.
This led to an (understandable) outcry, and the incorporation of a rewrite of every clause in the constitution involving votes into an Omnibus reform bill that had been in the works. The finalized Omnibus bill passed April 12 and the RA has returned to a traditional, sane, method of counting abstentions.
The RA continues to consider sweeping reform of the legal code, and ponder sweeping reform of the Constitution.
~Elu :trtl:
Expect a more formal update soon