 Authored By: The Aestorian Commonwealth His Grace Alexias Stella Amended and Revised By: The Republic of Inyursta Ambassador Melissa de Vertrun Functional Unity Act [Resolution Number: 8a] Desirous of enabling a more effective Coalition, with increasing economic and administrative unity of purpose, Noting that some individuals in the council believe the Government continues to lack any permanent budget or ability to function, and that other organizations require mandatory contributions on the order of $2 billion per year, Noting a number of additional innovative methods and practices being pursued by the government, and desiring to put them on a firmer footing, The Council hereby: Part 1: Economic Matters Section 1: Funding 1.Encourages all future member nations pay, or pay in kind, at least a sum of $100 million upon entering the International Freedom Coalition to cover minimal central government activities, and that all existing members pay at least half that sum. 2. Permits nations to opt-out of this payment by writing at least five words to the Council explaining why. 3. Invites nations and affiliated organizations to fund the following projects: $10 billion: Grant to become official sponsor for IFC Exhibitions at least four times per year. $10 billion: Grant to become official sponsor for even-numbered or odd-numbered IFC Summits up to Summit 20. And encourages the government to pursue further sponsorship as they see fit. 4. Invites organizations headquartered in IFC member nations to become affiliated organizations at the expense of $10 billion (or $20 billion for organizations not headquartered in IFC member nations) or as otherwise negotiated and approved by at least three members, the Prime Minister, and the Treasurer and Minister for Economics. 5. Permits such affiliated organizations to appear at Exhibitions and directs the Government to provide some suitable advertising space to those organizations. Section 2: Trade encouragement 1. Encourages all member nations to sign or continue at least one trade agreement with at least one other member nation within three months of the passage of this act, or pay an additional $10 million towards the IFC budget. 2. Encourages the free movement of capital and services between IFC members. 3. Directs IFC members to pass post between members. 4. Affirms the right of member nations to decide what foreign assets are allowed in their sea and air space, and affirms that the IFC is an organization dedicated to protecting, encouraging and expanding freedom and liberty, not forcing members to be subject to the economic empires of one another. Section 3: Government Spending 1. Requests the Government reduce the naval budget to less than 40% of income. 2. Requests the Government sets aside at least 10% of all income for improving the government balance. 3. Directs the Government to spend, per annum, at least 60% of the budget outside Cabinet Member’s nations and at least 90% outside the Prime Minister’s nation, and to publish all expenditures over $5 million. 4. Directs the Government to put aside at least 10% of all income into a special aid fund for the Council to award to needful nations. Part 2: Administrative Matters Section 1: Summit initiative 1. Recognizes the ability of members-in-Council to pass legislation at government-initiated Summits if they possess Summit quorum. 2. Defines Summit quorum to be at least six members or at least one quarter of all admitted members, whichever is smaller. 3. Grants smaller numbers of members at Summits legislative initiative. 4. Directs that such meetings be officially termed meetings of ‘Members-in-Summit’ or meetings of ‘the Council-in-Summit’. Section 2: Administrative Reform 1. Directs the Speaker to oversee elections for a senior deputy speaker for assisting with the Council and Government’s main functions. 2. Repeals Clause 3 of Section 1 of Resolution 5. 3. Repeals and replaces Act 0 Section 3 Subsection 2 Clauses 1, 2, 4, and 5 as follows: 1. The office of the Prime Minister shall be occupied for a term at the Prime Minister’s discretion of two months at least and four months at most, unless there is an explicit motion of no-confidence. 2. In the absence of any declared candidates, the Speaker shall automatically be on the ballot, and shall be elected if no other candidates are elected. 4. If a motion of no-confidence is passed, elections shall be administered by Deputy Speakers in order of seniority, if available; or by the person at the highest possible level in the Cabinet chain of command (below), discounting declared candidates. 4. Directs that in this transitionary period the next election must start within four weeks of the passage of this act. 5. Appends: 4. Such powers may also be exercised by the Prime Minister in the absence of the Secretary General, or, when their premiership is undisputed, may be exercised at all such times. to Resolution 0. 6. Forbids Prime Ministers from selecting and removing Speakers, but otherwise grants the Prime Minister the ability to appoint a Prime Ministerial Deputy Speaker to assist in in the management of government legislation. 7. Accepts that the Prime Minister, Chief of Staff, and Foreign Secretary have the power to negotiate treaties on behalf of the Coalition, for acceptance or rejection by at least two thirds of the Council or an absolute majority of all members excluding suspended members. 8. Suspends and considers as grounds for suspension any members who have made no official announcements nor attended any summits for over one year, reversible upon any official announcement or summit attendance by that member. 9. Accepts that the Cabinet has the power to suspend members as an alternative to expelling them, and declares that no suspension shall last longer than a Prime MInister’s term plus one week. 10. Permits and recommends the Prime Minister to consider nations holding official posts to have resigned from their office if they fail to make any announcements to the Senate at least once a month. 11. Amends Clause 2 Section 1 Resolution 5 a) and c) to a) Having governmental policies that conflict with the democratic values of the Coalition or enacting policies that promote prejudicial discrimination. and c) Subverting the authority and legislation of the Council. 12. Defines "Policies that promote prejudicial discrimination" as: Policies enforced by a member's government against the will of a simple majority of said member's voting population which promote discrimination, negative treatment or status as second-class citizen which may include but is not limited to racism, sexism, religious persecution and political favoritism. 13. Repeals and replaces Clause 2 of Resolution 1 with 2. States that nations shall be selected by the Supreme Allied Commander and Prime Minister as Commander in Chief to organize and administrate the following IFC functions: (a) Navy, (b) The Army, (c) The Air Force, (d) Special Forces, (e) Intelligence, and such nations shall generally hold such posts for two terms at a time, to enable longer-term planning. 15. Anti-repeals Resolution 50. 16. Modifies all uses of the word ‘Requires’ with ‘Requests’ in Resolution 50. 17. Repeals Section 1 clause (iii) and (vii) of Resolution 50 and renumbers other clauses as appropriate. 18. Repeals and replaces Section 4 Resolution 50 as follows: Section 4: Membership, Projects, and Reform Committee A Membership, Projects, and Reform Committee will be created, including the Membership Secretary and the Chief of Staff, with the Prime Minister as chair, with the powers to: i) scrutinize membership, projects, and other policy or administrative actions undertaken by the Coalition or Coalition members, and to provide assistance and advise on the conduct of such actions, ii) suggest mandates on the operations and standards of the special agencies and government offices and committees, iii) act as High Court below the Council for enforcing such standards and to establish such lesser courts and tribunals as they deem fit and proper in accordance with Common Law created by the Council, iv) propose legislation, and v) act as Supreme Court in the event of an impasse in the Council 18. Repeals and replaces Section 6 Resolution 50 as follows: Section 6: Office-holders Subsection 1: Management The Council declares that: i) The Responsible Minister and the Prime Minister shall Chair their own committees and decide members on those committees, and may form additional sub-committees within departments. ii) In case of dispute, Ministers may resign from the committee, and form their own. iii) Otherwise the Prime Minister’s decision may be final, and the Prime Minister may select another chair. iv) Recommends that Ministers be permitted to choose at least two members to appoint to the committee. v) Specifies that, for expedience, the Economics and Membership Committees may be run as one committee under the direction of the Prime Minister or the Chief of Staff or either responsible Minister. Subsection 2: Particular Committee Members i) Recommends the Foreign Affairs Committee shall have a sub-committee the IFC-SACTO dual members committee, which shall include at least all dual-members of both organizations who wish to be upon that committee and the Foreign Minister. ii) Recommends that additional dual members’ sub-committees be formed for any organizations with 4 or more dual-members at the request. iii) Recommends that all Committees should have, as members, the Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff, the Defence Secretary, and the Membership Secretary. iv) Recommends that all Committees should include all Deputy Ministers from their department as standard. v) Specifies that a Free Trade Deputy Minister should sit in the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Economics Committee. vi) Specifies that C-in-Cs should be on the Defence Committee. vii) Specifies that the Director of CASTI should sit on the Economics and Membership Committees. viii) Specifies that ambassadors to alliances that are subject to a sub-committee should be members of those committees and recommends that they normally chair those committees. Section 7: Cabinet i) Recommends that the Cabinet be considered a Super Committee, and be generally divided into two parts: (a) The External Affairs Cabinet, including all Ministers and the Defence and Foreign Affairs Deputy-Ministers. (b) The Internal Affairs Cabinet, including all Ministers and the Membership and Economics Deputy Ministers, and Directors of agencies. ii) Recommends that the Prime Minister continue to exercise complete control over membership in the Cabinet, subject to the continued confidence of the Council. 19. Reiterates that any judicial enforcement or interpretation of legislation should, in the final instance, be handled by the Council pursuant to Resolution 0. 20. Appends: Any signatory nation may retroactively and/or selectively exempt itself from the extradition requirements if it believes any extradition request to be politically motivated. Any other affected nation may exercise the same right unless an IFC court considers their refusal to permit extradition to have been made on improper grounds. to Resolution 6. Section 3: Unity of Members 1. Reiterates that members must be willing to come to the defense of each other in an unprovoked war. 2. Defines "unprovoked war" as: A military or economic attack, sabotage or unjustified sequence of threats and ultimatums carried out against the member's homeland, territory or asset abroad which committed no hostile action, positioning, threat, subversion or movement against the perpetrator of said attack. 3. Reiterates that members must not attack each other under any circumstances whatever. 4. Defines an "attack" as: A deployment of forces, operatives or other assets against a member nation which is either unprovoked, uninvited, unwanted or otherwise damaging with a hostile intent which may include but is not limited to an invasion of territory; an attempt to harm, kill or destroy infrastructure, citizens or military forces; or an attempt to sabotage and subvert the ability of a a member's government to manage and run their respective jurisdictions. 5. Reiterates that it is impossible not to comply with IFC legislation and remain a member, and concludes that upon any member becoming non compliant with IFC legislation, they can be called to testify before the Council on the causes or meanings behind their non-compliance and if necessary a vote may be called to suspend or eject them. [Ambassador Melissa Lorena de Vertrun Jiménez, La Republiqua D'Inyursta] |
