N°A008 - Constitutional Amendment n°6

1. The paragraph 4 of the article II shall be replaced by "External citizens cannot run for the Presidency or the Speakership and cannot be the President, the Vice-President, the Speakership or the Vice-Speakership, unless this Constitution explicitly provides exemptions."

2. The paragraph 6 of the article II shall be replaced by "Citizens shall lose their citizenship if their WA nation, if they are not an External citizen; or their registered puppet nation, if they are an External citizen, leaves the region for more than 5 consecutive days or if the citizen has been banned from the region following a decision of justice, unless this decision of justice is cancelled following due processes."

1. The three following paragraphs shall be added between the paragraphs 5 and 6 of the article III :
   "Party sizes are determined by the amount of citizens listed as members on their official party dispatch. A citizen cannot be listed as member of a political party if the citizen never consented freely and willingly to join the party."
   "If a citizen leaves a party, the name of the citizen shall be removed from the official list of members of the party on the party dispatch within 3 days : otherwise, the Governor shall dissolve the party."
   "Every citizen of the UEPU Federal Republic and the Governor of the UEPU Federal Republic have the right to found a political party in the region. To do so, they need to write a dispatch for their political party and to send a telegram to the Governor. The Governor, if the aforementioned requirements for the foundation of a party are fulfilled, shall register the new party as active within the UEPU Federal Republic."

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

3. The word "also" in the paragraph 8 of the article III, shall be deleted.

4. The paragraph 10 of the article III shall be replaced by "A motion of destitution of the President, if voted with a 2/3 majority, shall remove the President from the Presidency. Upon resignation or removal of the President, the Vice-President shall become President for the remaining term (removed presidents cannot become the new Vice-President unless the Parliament grants them this right in a parliamentary motion)."

5. The following shall be added between the paragraphs 11 and 12 of the article III :
   

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   The types of bills shall be the following :

   1. Laws, that include all the laws of the UEPU Federal Republic except the Constitution ;

   2. Motions, that include the motions of destitution, removal and replacement of a member of the government or of the Speaker or of the Vice-Speaker, and also include the motions of parliamentary pardons ;

   3. Declarations, which are non-binding statements (but that can serve as definitions for binding laws) that reflect the point of view of the region on something upon voted, and that can be directed to someone ;

   4. Amendments, that include all the bills amending or repealing laws, motions or declarations, including Constitutional Amendments.

6. The paragraph 14 of the article III shall be replaced by "Bills may be introduced on the 1st 6th 11th 16th 21st and 26th days of each month. Bills cannot be introduced between the 21st of December and the 31st of December, and cannot be introduced during the votes for the elections."

7. In the paragraph 20 and 21 of the article III, the word "bill" shall be replaced by "motion of destitution".

8. The following paragraph shall be added between the paragraphs 22 and 23 of the article III : "The Parliament has the right, with bills, to organise binding elections for positions in the Executive branch, with the exception of the Presidency, which is already organised by this Constitution, or other polls instead of parliamentary sessions, as long as two parliamentary sessions in a row are not cancelled due to elections or other polls organised by the laws, and as long as no such election or poll is organised during the parliamentary session before or after the presidential or speakership elections."

9. In the paragraphs 23 and 24 of the article III, the word "destitution" shall be replaced by "removal".

10. The paragraph 25 of the article III shall be replaced by "The President may introduce one motion of removal in the same conditions as bills, and if other bills are to be introduced at the same time, the motion of removal has the most priority, which means that during a parliamentary session with a motion of removal from the President, only two bills at most will be able to be introduced. The Parliament may vote laws to give to the President the power to introduce other types of presidential motions, which shall be introduced in the same conditions as a motion of removal : the President shall always have the right to introduce one and only one motion."

11. The following paragraph shall be added between the paragraphs 27 and 28 of the article III : "The Parliament, with a motion voted with a 3/5 majority, has the right to pardon offences : this does not cancel a criminal record, but solely nullifies its effects, including bans from the region, and does not prevent future judiciary sentences."

1. The title of the article IV shall be replaced by "ARTICLE IV - SPEAKERSHIP OFFICE".

2. In the paragraphs 6b, 6c, and 6d of the article IV, the expression "bills introduced by the Party Representatives" shall be replaced by "bills introduced by the Party Representatives or the President".

3. The expression "of the Party Representatives : " in the paragraph 7 of the article IV, shall be deleted.

4. The paragraph 14 of the article IV shall be replaced by "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 speakers cannot become the new Vice-Speaker)."

5. The paragraph 15 of the article IV shall be replaced by "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 Governorate Office organises presidential elections, that shall be organised in the shortest possible delay."

6. The paragraph 16 of the article IV shall be replaced by "If both the Speakership and the Vice-Speakership are vacant, the Governor shall assume the Speakership as Interim Speaker until the Governorate Office organises speakership elections, that shall be organised in the shortest possible delay."

Author: Eieryn