[Proposal] Procedural Rules of the Assembly Act

[Chanku]

1. The hours are varied and specific, making it inconsistent. Whilst I cannot lay blame for this, as I may have done so in my draft, they are very specific, and do not correspond with any regular cycle of the days. However irrelevant this effect may turn out to be, it will be confusing for no reason.

The hours should generally be in increments of 24, each a day, some times were less than that due to math errors, or me just fucking up when writing this. I have addressed some of the issues, and I will be working to fix the other ones.

2. The voting period is far too long. A week? Why? This is fine for important proposals, such as amendments to the Mandate or a constitutional law, but for a regular law as well? I cannot see why, my apologies.

Because, of two reasons:

1. When the number of citizens increases, additional time will allow to make sure that most voices can be heard
   
2. I allow for votes to be closed early if the threshold for a law being passed has already been reached. So if 50% + 1 of the votes are for an act, then it can be closed however quickly that is. 
   

3. Why do we have separate processes to remove officials? It seems too complicated for little reason.

There is a reason for that, some officials are more important than others. The important officials, have a more constrained process, and requires cause to be listed. The important officials (Delegate, Vice-Delegate, Councilors, and Sitting Justices) are all moderately important to the security of our region in some way: The Delegate allows us to actually control the region and have control game-side, the Vice-Delegate is the next in line, the Councilors are the Guardians and have the ability to declare a state of emergency, and the Justices resolve disputes between two parties including things like confirmations or the like. A Delegate, Vice-Delegate, Councilor, or Justice being removed for reasons beyond commission of crimes or of behavior unfitting of someone holding those important positions should be constrained, and the reasons should be publicly defined. Any single one of those positions being removed or manipulated by a group of opportunistic individuals would be harmful to the community as a whole.

The positions that are less important to the functioning and protection of the region in some form are easier to remove, namely the Speakers and Ministers. This is because, while they can cause some short-term damage: they are easier to replace and are less-important overall. While a corrupt speaker can try to manipulate procedure, the assembly's members and the courts can prevent that. A Minister might act in a corrupt or unbecoming fashion, just failing in doing their job properly, or someone might be a better fit. These positions could be removed for any reason, and are less vital to our security overall.

4. Why must the Speaker appoint a deputy, and why should the Assembly confirm? The office should be flexible. If the Speaker can handle the job, they don't need deputies. If the Speaker wants to hire and fire, they can do so. It is an administrative position, not the Cabinet.

This isn't entirely correct. First off the Senior Deputy is effectively the Speaker Pro Tempore, a person who can act as speaker during periods where the Speaker is unavailable, to prevent instances where RL comes in the way and the assembly grinds to a halt. The Junior Deputies may be used for various other minor things, and act as a final backup to the Speakership. 

Additionally, the Speaker can't legally appoint or dismiss at will according to the Constitution, to quote Article I, Section 14 of Mandate 12:

(14) The Assembly may provide for the appointment and removal of deputies to the Assembly Speaker by law or through its procedural rules.

Note the "by law or through its procedural rules" section, without procedural rules or a law to the contrary, there are no deputies of the Assembly. This provides for the authority to appoint and dismiss them. 

Additionally, the voting is only if the Speaker refuses to appoint a Senior Deputy, which is an important position to keep the Assembly functioning. The assembly does not confirm any Deputies. 

5. It is very long and blocky for my taste, but my criticisms there perhaps are invalid, as a law is a law, even if it is long like this. I do suggest separating the sections so as to make it easier to read, and changing the format in favour of the Mandate's, as Cormac said in my draft.

The formatting is actually more similar to the Mandate's than yours was. The formatting is different, but is a simplified version, to allow for easier drafting of laws.