First off the titles I have left as “Head of Government” because the names aren’t that important, they can changed and added in later. Same with the Assembly. The Judicial bit is lifted almost entirely from the existing charter.
Constitution of The East Pacific
Preamble
We, the people of The East Pacific united in our belief in the right to justice, freedom and security, look to this Constitution to guide our region into long-lasting peace and prosperity. It is our hope that this Constitution will make The East Pacific a more vibrant region and create a better game play environment for all.
Table of Contents
Article I: The Delegate
Article II: The Executive
Article III: The Legislature
Article IV: The Judiciary
Article V: Amendments
Article I: The Delegate
- The Delegate is the Head of State of The East Pacific and shall be empowered to hold the Delegacy in The East Pacific for the duration of their term.
- The Delegate shall be responsible for upholding this Constitution as the legal and legitimate government document of The East Pacific until the Regional Assembly decides otherwise.
- The Delegate shall hold their position for life or until they resign.
- The Delegate shall appoint a Regent who will assume the Delegacy when the Delegate is incapacitated or has resigned. In the case of resignation the Regent shall become the new Delegate of The East Pacific.
Article II: The Executive
- The Head of Government is the leader of the Executive.
- The Head of Government is responsible for;
i. giving leadership and direction to the policy of the Government of The East Pacific.
ii. leading foreign policy in cooperation with the Cabinet.
iii ensuring that The East Pacific remains a fun and welcoming place. - The Head of Government is responsible to ensure the good governance of the Executive Branch and may appoint and remove at will executive officers that serve under him. All appointed officials must be members of the Regional Assembly at the time of their appointment and during their service in the Executive Branch.
- The Head of Government is elected via the election protocol laid out in Section 4 of Article III.
Article III: The Legislature
Section 1: Registration and Membership
The following requirements must be met before a nation may be allowed to vote:
1.Residency in The East Pacific.
2. Affirmation of this Constitution.
3. Nations must give immediate notice to the proper officials if the nation resident in The East Pacific changes.
4. Membership in the Regional Assembly will be confirmed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
Section 2: Speaker of the Assembly
- The Assembly is led by the Speaker, whose task it is to lay out a uniform set of guidelines by which proposed legislation may be considered and voted upon.
- The Speaker decides the order in which bills will be voted upon. The Speaker also opens and closes each vote.
- The Speaker is elected via the election protocol laid out in Section 4 of this Article.
Section 3: Legislative Action
- The Regional Assembly shall have shall make laws by the popular vote of the Magisters.
- All laws must subsequently be approved by the delegate, who shall maintain power of veto.
- The Assembly is charged to make no law contrary to the word or will of this charter, such as shall be interpreted by the judicial branch.
- The Regional Assembly shall elect the Head of Government and other elected officials.
- Only current Assembly-members are allowed to propose, discuss and vote on legislation.
- Assembly-members are not required to vote.
- The voting period for legislation is a full seven days, unless specified otherwise within this Constitution.
Section 4: Electoral Processes
- Only current Assembly-members are allowed to run or nominate other Assembly-members for elected office in the Government.
- Any Assembly-member may run for any elected office, so long as they fill the requirements for that office.
- Only current Assembly-members are allowed to vote in any and all elections.
- Each Assembly-member may only vote for one Nation per position.
- A term of office lasts for four months, beginning each year on the first Monday of February, June, and October. Elections will be held for one week, beginning on the Monday two weeks before a new term begins.
- The Nation that receives the most legitimate votes for a position wins the contest for that position and takes office at the next term.
- These processes are to be enforced in all elections for elected office, except as otherwise indicated within this Constitution.
Article IV: The Judiciary
- This charter does hereby appoint as the Regional Court as the Judicial branch, and does charge them as sole interpreters of this charter, and of any subsequent laws passed by the legislative.
- The Regional Court is empowered to make rulings on the actions of the delegate or the head of government
as executor of this charter, and to support them or declare them void, in which case they may instruct the delegate to repeal such actions. - The Regional Court is empowered, at the request of the Consul of the Assembly, or at the request of a member removed temporarily by the Consul, or at their own choosing, to pass judgement on the actions of a member of the Assembly, and if necessary to order their indefinite removal from the Assembly and any further punishments as the Regional Court shall deem expedient.
- The Regional Court shall further make rulings on the actions of any nation within the East Pacific, and if judging them to be in contravention to this charter or the laws of the East Pacific, may order such punishment as they deem necessary.
- Trials in the Regional Court shall be held in open session, and the proceedings shall be visible to all ratified members of the East Pacific.
- The Regional Court shall be privy to any and all knowledge as is required by them to correctly interpret this charter and subsequent laws, which shall be provided to them by the delegate, the Head of Government and by the Assembly at their request.
- The delegate, Head of Government or Consul of the Assembly may, in the interests of regional security, request to the presiding judge that a closed session by held, whereby the judge may permit that the session or certain parts of it be held in private.
- The Regional Court shall be composed of three nations that have ratified this charter. One shall be the Chief Justice of The East Pacific and will be directly elected by the Assembly. The other two members of the court shall be nominated by the Head of Government, and must be subsequently approved by a majority vote in the Assembly.
- Should a nation being charged by a partial representation of the Regional Court be unsatisfied with such verdict as is passed, they may request that the full Regional Court sit in decision on such verdict, and ratify or nullify it as they see fit. The full Regional Court may choose to accede to or deny this request.
Article VII: Amendments
- The Constitution may only be changed via constitutional amendment.
- The procedure for passing a constitutional amendment follows the structure laid out in Art. III, Sect.3.
- An amendment to this Constitution requires a supermajority to pass.