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Constitutional Amendment: CC Reform [URA]

UNDERSTANDING that this Alliance, while the main function is to provide a center for WA Affairs, must occasionally pass legislation to dictate it's own internal affairs,

ACKNOWLEDGING that the current system of passing internal legislation, through the Civil Council, is extremely inefficient, and often ineffective,

RECOGNIZING that essential legislation can be passed in some manner through Executive Orders,

REALIZING that in the interest of maintaining democracy within the Alliance, a representative legislative body would be in our best interests,

UNDERSTANDING that the Civil Council is not an appropriate body to both represent the members of the Alliance, and to pass legislation efficiently,

HEREBY adjusts the role of the Civil Council and establishes the Alliance Parliament, through the following constitutional amendment:

Changes in Chapter I

  1. Within Article 4, all mentions of "Civil Council" shall be replaced by "Alliance Parliament", adjusting for necessary grammar.
    Changes in Chapter II

  2. Within Article 5, all mentions of "Civil Council" shall be replaced by "Alliance Parliament", adjusting for necessary grammar.
    Changes in Chapter III

  3. Within Article 8, removes "of the Civil Council".
    Changes in Chapter IV

  4. Within Article 16, change "Civil Council" to "Alliance Parliament".

  5. Within Article 17, change all mentions of "Civil Council" to "Alliance Parliament", adjusting as necessary for grammar.

  6. Within Article 19, replace "Civil Council" with "Alliance Parliament".

  7. Within Article 29, replace all mentions of "Civil Council" with "Alliance Parliament".
    Changes in Chapter V

  8. Within Article 34, change all mentions of "Civil Council" to "Alliance Parliament".

  9. Within Article 35, replace all mentions of "Civil Council" with "Alliance Parliament".

  10. Within Article 44, replace all mentions of "Civil Council" with "Alliance Parliament".
    Changes in Chapter VI

  11. Within Article 55, replace all mentions of "Civil Council" with "Alliance Parliament".
    Changes in Chapter VII

  12. Article 58, Section One, shall be removed and replaced with: "The Civil Council of the United Regions Alliance is the main body of the Alliance responsible for all voting and discussion regarding World Assembly matters and World Assembly Legislation."

  13. Article 59, Section Two shall be removed and replaced with: "Voting members shall vote on behalf of their regions for all matters related to the World Assembly within the Civil Council." All subsections within this section are stricken out.

  14. Within Article 61, Section Two shall be removed, and Section Three, now titled Section Two, shall read "Only Voting Members are permitted to vote within the Civil Council."

  15. Article 63 is to be stricken out, and all subsequent articles reduced in number by one.

  16. Within Article 65, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced with "Alliance Parliament".

  17. Within Article 66, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced with "Alliance Parliament".
    Changes within Chapter VIII

  18. Within Article 69, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced by "Alliance Parliament".

  19. With Article 73, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced by "Alliance Parliament".
    Changes within Chapter IX

  20. Within Article 82, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced by "Alliance Parliament".

  21. Within Article 84, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced by "Alliance Parliament".

  22. Within Article 86, all mentions of "Civil Council" are to be replaced by "Alliance Parliament".
    Additional Changes

  23. Adds the following onto the Constitution:

Chapter X: Alliance Parliament


Section I: The Alliance Parliament

Article 89

  1. The Alliance Parliament shall be the main legislative body of the Alliance, voting on all constitutional amendments, impeachment processes, regular legislation, and any other matters deemed necessary by the Alliance Cabinet.

Article 90

  1. The Alliance Parliament shall be moderated by the Overseer of the Assembly.

Section II: Regional Representation

Article 91

  1. Within the Alliance Parliament, regions shall be divided for the sake of appropriate individual representation into districts.

    1. There shall be six individual districts, with regions divided among them as evenly as possibly.

    2. There will be no more than one elected representative per district. Once a district has reached the capacity of five regions per one elected representative a new district will be formed.

    3. The highest contributing regions, as determined by the mean of contributory percentages, will be placed in districts one to six, so as to have one of said six regions in every district.

    4. All remaining regions shall be distributed according to contributory percentages, as determined by the Overseer of the Assembly.

  2. There shall be 2 Members of Parliament selected to represent each district.

    1. One Member of Parliament within each district shall be selected internally by the largest contributing region.

      1. The selection of the Member of Parliament within the district representing the largest region (also referred to as the Permanent Member) may be administered by the Alliance if necessary, if the region so requests.

    2. The other Member of Parliament shall be elected in the following manner:

      1. Each region within a district, not including the permanent member, shall select one individual to represent their region in the election.

      2. Regions may select the individual that is representing their regions through any means that they wish; they may appoint them or hold an internal election for the position.

      3. Once al remaining regions within a district, not including the permanent member, have selected an individual to represent their region, an election is held with ballots distributed to the regions in the district, not including the permanent member.

      4. If a region does not submit a candidate for the election, there is no consequence.

Section III: Members of Parliament

Article 92

  1. The Alliance Parliament shall be staffed by 12 Members of Parliament, each representing their respective district and regions.

  2. Elections shall occur for all seats in the Parliament every 3 months, within February, May, August, and November.

    1. Elections for the position of Member of Parliament shall last 3 weeks, ending on the first day of the month following the election month.

  3. There shall be no limitations on the number of successive terms that a Member of Parliament may hold.

Article 93

  1. A Member of Parliament is not permitted to serve on the Alliance Cabinet in addition to their role as a Member of Parliament.

    1. A Member of Parliament is permitted to serve on any individual Alliance Council, pursuant to the restrictions within Chapter VIII.

Article 94

  1. In order to serve as a Member of Parliament, an individual must meet the following requirements:

    1. Be a member of the World Assembly,

    2. Be a citizen of a member region, and

    3. Be active in Alliance Discussions.

  2. In order to serve as a Member of Parliament for a specific district, a prospective candidate must reside in the district that they are running in.

    1. An individual wishing to run in a specific district must have a WA Nation within that district, but may apply to the Elections Council for an exception.

Article 95

  1. In order to remain as a Member of Parliament, the following requirements must be met:

    1. Continue to be a citizen of a member region,

    2. Be active in Parliamentary discussions,

    3. Be present for at least one in every two votes within parliament, and

    4. Continue to conduct themselves in a manner befitting a Member of Parliament.

  2. An individual may only hold one seat in parliament, and the seat that they hold must represent the district that they reside in.

  3. Should a Member of Parliament not follow the requirements set out by this article, they are to be impeached in accordance with Section IV of this Chapter.

Section IV: Impeachment

Article 96

  1. Should a Member of Parliament be suspected to have committed high crimes, or violated any of the requirements of their position as dictated in Article 95, they are subject to be impeached.

  2. Articles of Impeachment may be brought up by any Member of Parliament within the Parliament.

Article 97

  1. During the Impeachment process, the Parliament is to have various witnesses or experts questioned in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the individual that is being impeached.

  2. After a minimum of three days of discussion and hearings, the Parliament is to vote on the Impeachment of the individual Member of Parliament.

  3. In order for the Impeachment to pass, and the individual to be removed from their position as a Member of Parliament, a two-thirds majority must be achieved from the voting Members of Parliament.

    1. The individual being impeached is not permitted to vote on their own removal.

  4. Should a Member of Parliament be removed, a byelection shall be held for their seat, unless the individual is removed less than five weeks before the finish of the coming election.

  5. Should they vote to impeach an individual fail, no actions are to be taken against this individual for the specific charge they were on trial for.

Section V: Parliamentary Procedure

Article 98

  1. The Alliance Parliament must convene at least once every month.

  2. Legislation within the Alliance Parliament can be written by any member of the Alliance but must be proposed by a Member of Parliament with permission from the Overseer of the Assembly.

  3. The Overseer of the Assembly is to place legislation within the Parliament for up to 48 hours of discussion.

    1. The Overseer, or any individual Member of Parliament, may move to extend discussion time by any period of time, for approval by a majority of the Members of Parliament.

    2. The Overseer, or any individual Member of Parliament, may motion for the closure of a debate or discussion regarding any legislation or proposals on the floor of the Parliament through simple majority vote

  4. Within a discussion, any individual Member of Parliament may request to bring forward a citizen of the Alliance, or a member of the Alliance Government, to discuss and be questioned regarding any legislation or proposals on the floor of the Parliament.

Article 99

  1. Once the discussion period has concluded or been closed, whatever proposal or legislation is on the floor of the Parliament shall be voted upon.

  2. Voting shall last for 48 hours.

    1. Voting shall not be extended within the Parliament, although it may be closed to bring legislation back to the discussion phase.

  3. In order for a vote to be considered valid, a quorum of votes must be reached, totalling two-thirds of the total Members of Parliament.

  4. The Overseer of the Assembly is not granted a vote within the Parliament.

    1. The Overseer is only granted a vote in the event of a tie within the Parliament.

  5. Once a vote is passed, the Overseer is to inform the necessary government officials of it's passing as to update the appropriate archival resources.

Article 100

  1. In order for a vote to pass and be legal within the Parliament, the following conditions must be met:

    1. Quorum within Parliament must be met, as specified in Article 99,

    2. For regular legislation, a fifty-percent plus one majority must be reached,

      1. For constitutional amendments, a super-majority of two-thirds must be reached.

    3. All appropriate procedures must have been followed during the discussion and voting process, and

    4. The legislation is passed along to the appropriate government officials.


The Democratic Republic of Suvmia

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