Hiya folks, going to keep it short and sweet for my proposed change. There used to be a great service for TEP known as the East Pacific News Service, ran by myself, and later Libertanny. Its foundation laws were repealed sometime last year and it was never heard about since.
I however propose restoring these laws, and instead placing the rights to the EPNS under what is now known as the Ministry of Information and Communication, or INCOM for sure.
I look forward to hearing your feedback, as well as working with you all once again.
I think having a law has more disadvantages for the EPNS than advantages. We don’t need a law to validate its existence as I believe it would fall under the purview of the Delegate. As the Minister of Information and Communication I think you have ability to validate the EPNS as the official news of The East Pacific. I’m sure the Regional Affairs, Chief Minister, Vice Delegate and Delegate would provide their stamp of approval.
What I think the Magisterium can do is issue a resolution that EPNS is the official news of The East Pacific.
I think having a law has more disadvantages for the EPNS than advantages. We don’t need a law to validate its existence as I believe it would fall under the purview of the Delegate. As the Minister of Information and Communication I think you have ability to validate the EPNS as the official news of The East Pacific. I’m sure the Regional Affairs, Chief Minister, Vice Delegate and Delegate would provide their stamp of approval.
What I think the Magisterium can do is issue a resolution that EPNS is the official news of The East Pacific.
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That was similar to what was repealed, as it stands right now I could create the department but besides the Executive, it would not be recognized by law as the official news service for TEP. And so I’d ask that of Magisters to correct it and draft an amendment which states EPNS’ existence and is operated by my ministry.
I think having a law has more disadvantages for the EPNS than advantages. We don’t need a law to validate its existence as I believe it would fall under the purview of the Delegate. As the Minister of Information and Communication I think you have ability to validate the EPNS as the official news of The East Pacific. I’m sure the Regional Affairs, Chief Minister, Vice Delegate and Delegate would provide their stamp of approval.
What I think the Magisterium can do is issue a resolution that EPNS is the official news of The East Pacific.
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That was similar to what was repealed, as it stands right now I could create the department but besides the Executive, it would not be recognized by law as the official news service for TEP. And so I’d ask that of Magisters to correct it and draft an amendment which states EPNS’ existence and is operated by my ministry.
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If The Executive says it’s the official news, it doesn’t need the Magisterium to make it a law. The Magisterium can issue a resolution that the opinion of the Magisterium is that the EPNS is the official news source of the region.
I am inclined to agree with the idea that the EPNS falls under the purview of the Ministry of Information and the Executive, instead of needing to be codified by a Magisterium law. I also agree with the idea that the Executive can just declare the EPNS official (perhaps a declaration by the Delegate?) and it would be official. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_east_pacific/proposal-of-repealing-law-epns-act-t6482.html was done to enable much easier restructuring of the EPNS, and that much of its provisions were not enforced.
Reviving the EPNS Act would codify its structure into law. If someone wanted to restructure EPNS, they would have to propose an amendment to the Magisterium, which can take a week or more. Meanwhile, as part of the Executive, the person appointed to be in charge of the EPNS can restructure it at will.
After the EPNS Act was repealed, EPNS was supposed to become part of the Ministry of Information, but the contributors became inactive for one reason or another.
tl;dr: We don’t need a law to put the EPNS in the Executive, and it would be inconvenient.
I’d also like to add that resolutions do carry some weight. They are the opinion of the Magi and nothing more, but they are usually followed very well.
For example, our Ambassador masking, our Delegate voting system, our commendations of Xoriet and Pax, the existence of the Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Immigration, and the IC seperation between gov. Roleplay and administrative rulings was all codified through resolutions. And all of the above, in some form, are still held up today.
So while a resolution, as suggested by EM, won’t carry much official weight, it will still be followed as our region values the opinion of its legislature.
A resolution, therefore, would make EPNS official or at least the only officially endorsed gov. Newspaper in TEP.
So it will still lend officially to the newspaper, but it won’t limit you or future Ministers to PROVISIONS in an act that can stop potential and easy restructuring.
What he said, it gives it more of the official news outlet, not just someone in the Exec branching it. And whilst yes, my executive authority allows me to create it out of thin air, only the magisters can legitimize it as being the official outlet for TEP’s governmental and regional affairs.
Alternatively, we could get a provision in the Curia Act, which centralizes all provisions on the structure of the Executive, to recognize this ministry/EPNS part as such.