UPFS Proposals

[The Electronic Future]

On this thread, the nations of the United Peoples Front for Socialism may access past and present proposals.
This thread can also be used for discussion, however, there would be a larger audience on the rmb and discussion will make it difficult to find past proposals. Nevertheless, this shall be used as a tool for the United Peoples Front for Socialism.

[The Electronic Future]

Proposal 1: Creation of a Politburo
-The powers presently given (and limited to) this entity are the creation and revision of the Constitution of UPFS. However, more can be democratically assigned at any time by a majority vote of the region.
-The members of the Politburo are to be the General Secretary (as defined in Proposal 6) and all cabinet offices.
-The Founder of the Politburo is to be owned by the Founder of UPFS so as to prevent possible General Secretary corruption.
Proposed by: Timpetotia, The Electronic Future, and Undying Revolution
Status: Passed

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Proposal 2: Creation of a Secretary of Internal Affairs, a Secretary of Defense, a Secretary of Recruitment, and a Secretary of International Affairs.

-the powers given to the Secretary of Internal Affairs are to maintain internal peace by recommending nations that should be banned and/or ejected. The recommendation must be after the accused nation's offenses have been analyzed and tried by the UPFS Politburo. The Secretary of Internal Affairs must know the Constitution and be able to point out any actions which go against it. The position of Secretary of Internal Affairs is to be given to a nation that is a member of the United Peoples Front for Socialism and is selected by the WA Delegate in office.
-the powers given to the Secretary of Defense are to set up a defense for the region against invasion. The Secretary of Defense may not use his/her position to invade or intervene without permission from the nations of the United Peoples Front for Socialism. The Secretary of Defense must set up a network of defense and may be covert, as long as all actions are telegrammed to the WA Delegate, Founder, and Secretary of Internal Affairs. The Secretary of Defense must be a member nation and is to be elected by popular vote every 80 days.
-the powers given to the Secretary of Recruitment are to recruit members from all regions, except hostile ones, and spread the name of the United Peoples Front for Socialism. The Secretary of Recruitment may only use nations within the region to help recruit. If size of the region permits, the Secretary of Recruitment may create an Office of Recruitment with the intent of centralizing recruitment efforts. The Secretary of Recruitment is required to organize and supervise recruitment efforts within the UPFS. The Secretary of Recruitment must also allow all UPFS members participate in their collective duty to recruit, however may require certain guidelines and templates. The Secretary of Recruitment must be a member nation and is to be elected by popular vote every 50 days.
-the powers given to the Secretary of International Affairs are to represent the United Peoples Front for Socialism in all ally, hostile, and many neutral regions and to represent the United Peoples Front for Socialism in the Left Interregional. The Secretary of International Affairs is to report all information of importance to both the UPFS Politburo and the nations of the United Peoples Front for Socialism. The Secretary of International Affairs must be a member nation and is to be elected by popular vote every 80 days.
Proposed by: The Electronic Future and Socialistiske Danmark
Status: Passed

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Proposal 3: Creation of a charter.
-The charter should be in a forum thread or in a link of some kind. The only allowed w.a categories should be left leaning college state, left wing utopia, corrupt dictatorship, inoffensive centrist democracy, Scandinavian liberal paradise, civil rights lovefest, democratic socialist, liberal democratic socialist.
-A password for the region to be found at the end of the charter.
Proposed by: Timpetotia
Status:Failed

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Proposal 4: On the Limitation of the Power of the Founder
The founder of the U.P.F.S. (Undying Revolution) is deserving of no more elevated a place in the region than any of its denizens. Should the founder seek exercisable power, he must be democratically elected for any of the various positions that constitute the region's administration. Noting, however, the small amount of power built into the game for founders, the populace of the region can democratically establish an emergency dictatorship (lead by the founder) for no more than 10 days time. This emergency dictatorship only to be implemented in such extreme cases as WAD corruption and impending threats of invasion. Such a vote would need to be passed by a 2/3 super-majority. In all other instances the founder is simply a member nation.
Proposed by:Undying Revolution
Status:Passed

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Proposal 5: On the Establishment of the Power of the WAD
The WAD will be known as the General Secretary of the U.P.F.S. in keeping with our secretarial wording. As the highest, democratically elected official in the U.P.F.S. the General Secretary reserves the right to the most power. The General Secretary will be given 50 days of reign for every democratic election that they win. However, if at any time during the term of a General Secretary their competence is called into question there can be issued by any nation a "Vote of No Confidence." All nations will be asked to vote on whether or not they feel that the General Secretary should retain their position. A vote of "yea" would support the General Secretary's impeachment while a vote of "nay" would refute such actions. Should our General Secretary be impeached there will immediately be new elections called for. The impeached General Secretary must wait a minimum of 50 days (or another General Secretary's term) before again staging a run for the Secretariat.
Proposed by:Undying Revolution
Status:Passed

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Proposal 6: On the Topic of the People's Referendum
The People's Referendum is defined as the legislative system of UPFS, in which all nations may submit a proposal to be voted on and passed through popular support. The right to submit a proposal may not be taken away on the basis of WA membership or length of stay in the UPFS. The only time this right may be taken away is when the nation has been tried and found guilty by the government of the UPFS. The topics of proposals and edits that are submitted by the member nations of UPFS may only be restricted by previous proposals and/or the Constitution.
There is no matter of regional functionality that is above democracy. The very tenets of direct democracy are to forever pervade the agenda of the UPFS. In order to best expedite the process of unadulterated democracy, Proposal 6 calls into presence a timed voting procedure as well as a "None of the Above" option. Timed voting procedure dictates that voting on a proposal ends at 7 pm ET, the day after the last edit has been submitted. If new edits are submitted, voting continues onto the next day. Proposals and edits will be voted on at the same time, but votes will be cast separately. All votes will be cast on the RMB. Once the voting period ends, the votes will be counted and the majority of the votes will determine the fate of the proposal and/or edits. In reference to the "None of the Above" Clause, it will function quite similarly to the NS Issue. Should the most votes in an election be cast towards the "None of the Above" option, a new election with new candidates will become necessary. This is to prevent our people from being forced into an undesirable situation. These two rules in regards to elections and general votes ought to always be used in effort to expedite the democratic process. At any time these rules can be edited or even deleted by use of the true democratic process.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution and The Electronic Future
Status:Passed

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Proposal 7: Creation of a voluntary Unity-Army
The purpose of the Unity-Army is to provide regional defense from internal conflict. The army is to consist of only WA members. Also, the leader and organizer of the army is the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense must report to the UPFS Politburo before any military actions are taken.
Proposed by: Calofas
Status:Passed

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Proposal 8: On the Symbology of Our Flag
The flag of the UPFS is intentionally a simple one. Nonetheless, it is full of symbology synonymous with the very goals of the region. The backdrop is red so as to embody solidarity for our brothers and sisters persecuted around the world. Our region is not to be frivolous and colorful while our international comrades face the unspeakable wrath of the capitalist system. The main feature of the flag is the "funtunfunefu-denkyemfunefu" (or Siamese Crocodiles). This is a West African symbol for "unity through diversity." By adding the Socialist hammer and sickle atop the crocodiles, the message comes to mean "Unity through Socialist diversity!" Such a statement is everything that the UPFS works to achieve. This flag ought to serve as a timeless reminder of the rigorous dogma of the United People's Front for Socialism.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution and Socialistiske Foroyar
Status:Passed

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Proposal 9: The Merger Initiative
Initiate diplomatic negotiations on merging with the following regions: Socialist Workers Alliance, New Union of Socialist Nations, and The Internationale. The negotiations are to be conducted by the Secretary of International Affairs, who will then put up the final agreement (if there is one) to vote on the referendum. The UPFS Politburo has the power to vote down the agreement and override the referendum vote.
Proposed By: Socialistiske Danmark, Undying Revolution, and The Electronic Future
Status:Passed

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Proposal 10:The Adoption of Articles I-IV of Constitution.
The United Peoples Front for Socialism hereby adopts Articles I-IV of the Constitution of UPFS.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution
Status:Passed

Edit 1: Change to Article 1 Section 2 Clause 5 of the Constitution
The Secretary of International Affairs reserves the right to grant other nations temporary ambassadorship. This position will be referred to as "Undersecretary of International Affairs." Undersecretaries are directly responsive to the secretary and are forbade from taking on FAI's (Foreign Affairs Initiatives) not assigned to them by the secretary. There is no cap to the amount of undersecretaries that can be selected by the secretary as the amount of affairs that directly involve the United Peoples Front for Socialism is constantly fluctuating. In addition, the secretary maintains the authority to dismiss these comrades at his/her discretion and request that they relinquish the control of their puppet nation so that it can still be used by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution
Status:Passed

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Proposal 11: On Term Limits
General Secretary and all cabinet positions are to be elected every 50 days at the same time.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution
Status:Failed

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Merged. One thread for your regional stuff is enough, if you need more, you might want to consider creating an offsite forum.

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Proposal 12: Dismantling the office of Secretary of Recruitment
Elimination of the position of Secretary of Recruitment.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution
Status: Failed

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Proposal 13: Ratification of Articles V-VI
The UPFS hereby ratifies the Articles V-VI of the UPFS Constitution as written and the additions to Article III, LINK
Proposed by: The Electronic Future
Status:Passed

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Proposal 14: AUN Embassy
Close embassy with Assembly of Unified Nations
Proposed by: Socialistiske Danmark
Status: Failed

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Proposal 15: Authority to Create Subregions
All Secretaries are allowed and encouraged to create their respective subregion in order to centralize their efforts. However, all information, as to passwords and decisions within these regions are to be reported directly to the General Secretary. The subregion must pertain to the objectives of that office and are under the direct authority of the legislation of the UPFS.
Proposed by: The Electronic Future
Status: Passed

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Proposal 16 : On the Legality of Offense
To legally allow the Unity-Army to be deployed in an ideologically aligned region, that may have came under attack and been invaded.
Proposed by: Calofas
Status: Passed

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Proposal 17: The First Amendment
It is the responsibility of the General Secretary to directly oversee the endeavors of the ministers of the Politburo as well as assign them with new initiatives at his/her discretion. All initiatives are to be strictly public. If at any time they fall out of consuetude with the people the initiatives can be rendered null and void by a passing vote of the People's Referendum. Defeated initiatives cannot be revived or re-declared without the approval of the People's Referendum.
The other main task of the General Secretary is to officially preside over the legislature. The power to declare votes concluded and officially establish the results lies within his/her authority. The abuse of this power would be one such occurrence that deserves a vote of no confidence. Furthermore, if the General Secretary has not officiated the results of a vote within 48 hours of the time that the vote was scheduled to expire, any member of the Politburo may do so.
Proposed by: Undying Revolution
Politburo Signatures: Undying Revolution, Calofas, and The Electronic Future
Status: Passed