Assembly Procedure Act Amendment (February 2020)

[Zapatian Workers State]

Assembly Procedure Act Amendment (February 2020)

Proposed by: @Debussy

Preamble

This amendment shall alter how legislation may be brought to vote and resolve conflicts between the Mandate and the Assembly Procedures Act

Section 1. Amendment to Section 2. subsection (2)

(1) Section 2. subsection (2), as it is currently written, reads:

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Section 2. Legislative Procedures

(2) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or has not posted on the off-site regional forum for more than seven days without posting a leave of absence.

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Section 2. subsection (2), with the inclusion of new text highlighted in green, will be amended to read:

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Section 2. Legislative Procedures

(2) In order for a proposal to be brought to vote, a citizen eligible to vote on that proposal must make a motion to vote, and another such citizen must second the motion. A motion to vote may only be made by the initial author of a proposal unless the initial author is no longer a citizen or the dicussion period has continued for more than seven days.

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Section 2. Amendment to Section 2. subsection (3)

(1) Section 2. subsection (3), as it is currently written, reads:

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(3) Only the Delegate may introduce a proposal to enact, amend, or repeal a treaty or declaration of war, and only the Delegate may make a motion to vote on such a proposal.

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Section 2. subsection (3), with the inclusion of new text highlighted in green, will be amended to read:

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(3) Only the Prime Minister may introduce a proposal to enact, amend, or repeal a treaty or declaration of war, and only the Prime Minister may make a motion to vote on such a proposal.

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I wholeheartedly support the amendment to Section 2, subsection 3, for transferring aspects of military policy to the people's duly elected representative in the executive branch. However, I fail to see the rationale for the amendment to Section 2, subsection 2. If the shareholder/citizen who proposes legislation cannot commit long enough to it to forward it to a vote, then there is no reason that the legislation should be considered, to my mind. As such, qualifications contingent upon the length of discussion are a bad idea in my opinion.