Amendment of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard (April 2024)
Proposed by: @Domais
Preamble
To ensure the continual improvement and safeguarding of our region, we, the Assembly of Lazarus, hereby enact this amendment to the Charter of the Regional Guard.
Section 1. Amendment to Section 1 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard
(1) Section 1 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard shall be amended to read:
"(1) The Lazarene Regional Guard will be the sole military force of Lazarus, neutral in alignment independent in alignment.
a. The activities of the Regional Guard shall remain confined solely to those outlined herein or as specified by resolutions passed under the authority herein.
(2) The Delegate will be the commander-in-chief of the Regional Guard. The Delegate must may appoint a Regional Guard commander to serve as operational commander of the Regional Guard, subordinate to the Delegate and subject to approval of the Delegate and all provisions for appointment and removal of a minister. Operational command authority may be further delegated to a chain of command. The Regional Guard commander may also be dismissed by the Delegate if the Regional Guard commander goes against government policy or directives set by the Prime Minister or the Executive Council.
(3) The command, conduct, and membership criteria of the Regional Guard may be further regulated by law or by executive policy.
(4) The Delegate may disband the Regional Guard as well as suspend all military operations temporarily. While the Regional Guard is disbanded an operational commander for the Regional Guard is not required."
Section 2. Amendment to Section 3 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard
(1) Section 3 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard shall be amended to read:
"(1) General operations shall have no restrictions except those set by government policy or regional law.
(2) General operations shall include:
a. Defense of Lazarus;
b. Defense of Lazarus' treaty allies, if mandated by treaty terms;
c. Invasion of regions upon which Lazarus has declared war, and defense of other regions against their military forces;
d. Defense of other Feeders and Sinkers at the request of their legitimate governments;
e. Assistance in other regions' legal Delegate transitions at the request of their legitimate governments;
f. Offensive or defensive training operations in game-created Warzone regions;
g. Invasion of fascist regions and defense of regions against fascist military forces;
h. Invasion of regions which pose a substantial threat to the out-of-character security or safety of NationStates players, and defense of regions against forces which pose such a threat.
(3) The Assembly may enact a resolution empowering the Regional Guard to invade a region that is the ally or protectorate of a region upon which Lazarus has declared war. Such a resolution may be approved or rescinded by two-thirds vote of the Assembly.
(4) The Executive Council reserves the authority to enact or revoke resolutions granting the Regional Guard permission to conduct general operations in any region through a majority vote. Such resolutions shall not be bound by the limitations or restrictions outlined herein."
Section 3. Amendment to Section 4 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard
(1) Section 4 of the Charter of the Lazarene Regional Guard shall be amended to read:
"(1) The Regional Guard shall be permitted to defend or raid regions under these conditions:
a. It is not a large operation and consists of up to 10 World Assembly member nations;
b. Any other conditions set by government policy or the Regional Guard commander.
(2) The Delegate, or the Prime Minister, in that order of the chain of command, may permit operations outside of these conditions, but only on a per operation basis.
(3) If an operation runs contrary to the regional interests of Lazarus, the Delegate or the Prime Minister may order the Regional Guard commander to cease our participation.
(4) The Executive Council reserves the authority to enact or revoke resolutions granting the Regional Guard permission to conduct offensive or defensive activity outside of general operations in any region through a majority vote. Such resolutions shall not be bound by the limitations or restrictions outlined herein."
