[Discussion] Citizenship Act (October 2018)

[Amerion]

I'm against a mandated citizenship official. If the Delegate wants to appoint one, I'm fine with that because that's authorized by Article II, Section 5 of Mandate 12. But mandating a citizenship official vested with the Delegate's authority when the Delegate may not want such an official would violate Article II, Section 5, and thus would be unconstitutional.

On reflection, I agree with you.

A literal reading of that particular sub-section does indeed imbue the Delegate, and only the Delegate, with the authority to delegate that responsibility. It does not belong with the Assembly.

This Assembly could, however, pass a non-binding resolution to that effect; make known our wish for the citizenship authority to rest with a government official, and which the Delegate could act upon.

By the way, you have two Section 1(6) in this bill. You'll need to fix that.

Thanks for pointing that out. I have fixed it in the Word document and will publish it when the polls have concluded.

... Mandate 12 does not give any power to the Vice Delegate or the Council on Lazarene Security in processing citizenship applications ...

Yes, it does not. We could stipulate that while the Vice Delegate may not reject the application outright, the Delegate will be urged to do so, as is stated in the proposed bill in Section 1(6)c; The Delegate must refuse to approve an application if the applicant ... has been declared a security threat by the Vice Delegate or the Council of Lazarene Security ...