N°A006 - Constitutional Amendment n°5

1. The number 10, in the paragraph 3 of the article IV, shall be replaced by 5.

2. The paragraph 7 of the article I shall be replaced by "The UEPU Federal Republic is secular by nature, and there shall be a separation between religion and region. There shall not be an official religion, and no member of the Executive branch nor of the Governorate Office can favour a religion when acting in their duties, nor can the Speaker of the Parliament."

3. The paragraph 7 of the article III shall be deleted.

4. In the paragraph 12 of the article III, the word "party" shall be replaced by "citizen".

5. The paragraph 13 of the article III shall be replaced by "If more than 3 bills are proposed during the same introduction period, the 3 bills with the most approval, which must be greater than 0, are voted during this introduction period."

6. The paragraph 14 of the article III shall be replaced by "Approval is determined by the size of the parties supporting a bill; an approval is given by the Party Representative. If there is a tie, the Speaker shall break the tie by deciding which bill shall be introduced."

7. The paragraph 15 of the article III shall be replaced by "Bills may be introduced on the 1st 11th and 21st days of each month. Bills cannot be introduced the 21st of December, and cannot be introduced during the votes for the presidential elections."

8. The paragraph 19 of the article III shall be replaced by "The introduction of the bills, while mandated by the Party Representatives and by the Speaker, remains solely of the competency of the Speaker. When introducing bills, the Speaker shall present the different bills neutrally, and introduce options for and against the bills, with all the possible combinations of for and against if there is more than one bill being introduced, unless the bills contradict each other : in that case, a vote for both of them cannot exist."

9. The paragraph 20 of the article III shall be replaced by "The Governor may delay the introduction of bills for one or two days or/and introduce the bills himself according to this article II if the provisions of this article II regarding the introduction of bills are not respected by the Speaker, or if the Speaker himself requests this delay in exceptional circumstances that shall be justified."

10. The paragraph 21 of the article III shall be replaced by "A member of the Executive, with the exception of the President, or the Vice-Speaker can be removed from their position with a simple majority vote of a bill: the motion has to specify the targeted member, the targeted position, and whether a precise nation is chosen to replace this member at this position. A motion may target multiple positions at once."

11. The paragraph 6 of the article IV shall be replaced by "The President shall have total control over the admin structure except for party representatives, the Speaker, the Vice-Speaker, and positions appointed by the Governor."

12. The following article shall be added between the articles III and IV of the Constitution; the numbering of the other articles of the Constitution shall be changed accordingly :

1. The Speaker of the Parliament shall have the task to organise the parliamentary sessions, processes and dispatches, to push forward bills proposed by member nations of the UEPU Federal Republic, and to help member nations in understanding the Constitution, the laws and the parliamentary processes.

2. The Speaker shall be chosen by a vote lasting 5 days starting on the 16th of the 1st 4th 7th 10th months of the Gregorian calendar. In the event of a tie, the oldest citizen wins; the age of a citizen is calculated from the date of acquisition of citizenship. The Speaker and the Vice-Speaker shall always be citizens.

3. External citizens cannot run for the position of Speaker, or Speakership, and cannot be the Speaker or the Vice-Speaker.

4. The Speaker shall introduce the bills in Parliament as asked by the Party Representatives according to the article III.

5. If a non-constitutional bill contradicts the Constitution, the Speaker may choose to not introduce it, unless the Governor says that it is constitutional.

6. The Speaker may decide by himself to introduce additional bills according to these guidelines :

   1. The additional bill(s) must have been properly presented on the RMB 3 days before the beginning of the introduction period according to the paragraph 12 of the article III.

   2. If the incoming introduction period has at least three bills introduced by the Party Representatives at the start of the vote, the Speaker shall not introduce another bill.

   3. If the incoming introduction period has two bills introduced by the Party Representatives at the start of the vote, the Speaker may introduce another bill, and in that case, shall justify this decision.

   4. If the incoming introduction period has either zero or one bill introduced by the Party Representatives at the start of the vote, and if one or two bills is or are proposed, but not approved by any Party Representative on the RMB according to the article III, the Speaker is urged to introduce them, but may refuse to do so, and shall justify this decision in that case.

7. The Speaker and the Vice-Speaker shall have the powers of the Party Representatives : Communications and Appearance. They shall also have the power of Polls, to organise the introduction of the bills. They may issue a public opinion about each bill at vote, that shall count as the official opinion of the Speaker and shall be pinned on the World Factbook Entry during the vote.

8. The Speaker shall organise the administration of the Parliament, which includes copying bills, including those at votes, on secure dispatches in order to prevent unlawful edits of bills.

9. The term of a Speaker starts from the end of his election and ends at the end of the following election.

10. The Speaker elections shall be preceded by a period of submissions of applications for the Speakership and by a campaign period; the first has to last at least 3 days and the second at least 4 days. Candidates will be able to campaign during the voting period.

11. The Vice-Speaker is chosen by the Speaker and can be removed and replaced by a bill gathering a simple majority. The Vice-Speaker cannot be a Speaker who has been previously removed.

12. If no precise citizen has been chosen by a bill to replace the Vice-Speaker, the Speaker can choose the nation he nominates, but cannot choose a nation that has already been removed from this position unless a bill says the contrary.

13. The Vice-Speaker may act on behalf of the Speaker if and only if the Speaker agrees on that.

14. A motion of destitution of the Speaker, if voted with a 2/3 majority, shall remove the Speaker from the Speakership. Upon resignation or removal of the Speaker, the Vice-Speaker shall become Speaker for the remaining term (removed presidents cannot become the new Vice-President).

15. If both the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency are vacant, the Speaker shall assume the Presidency and the Vice-Speaker the Vice-Presidency until the Governor forms an Interim Government according to the article VI of the Constitution. (Mention that shall not be written in the Constitution : the article VI mentioned here refers to the article VI after the changes of the Constitution made by this Amendment)

16. If both the Speakership and the Vice-Speakership are vacant, the Governor shall assume the Speakership until the end of the Speaker term, and shall nominate a Vice-Speaker.

17. By virtue of office, the President and the Vice-President are ineligible to the Speakership and to the Vice-Speakership, and the Speaker and the Vice-Speaker are ineligible to the Presidency and to the Vice-Presidency, except in the aforementioned cases.

1. This Constitutional Amendment shall be effective immediately upon passage.

2. However, the Speakership elections of the 16th of July 2026 shall be delayed to the 21st of July 2026. No bill shall be introduced at that time.

Author: Eieryn, representative of the Social Progressive Party