The Aesican Senate

Section I – Every Member of Congress may put themselves on a Leave of Absence for at most 21 days total during their term.

Section II – The Leave of Absence shall be publicly declared to the Speaker of the House in the case of a Representative, to the Deputy Speaker of the House, in the case of the Speaker of the House, to the Chairman of the Senate, in the case of a Senator, to the Deputy Chairman of the Senate, in the case of the Chairman of the Senate.

Section III – A Member of Congress, when putting themselves on a Leave of Absence, shall nominate a temporary replacement and announce the length of their Leave of Absence. However, the party leader of the party of election of the Member of Congress may veto the nomination and force the nomination of someone else as replacement of this Member of Congress, and can change this replacement whenever the party leader wants during the Leave of Absence.

Section IV – The replacement of a Member of Congress shall be considered as having the same membership as the Member of Congress.

Section V – A Member of Congress on a Leave of Absence may come back from their Leave of Absence earlier than announced, and shall thereby recover their seat.

Section VI – A replacement for a Member of Congress cannot be another Member of Congress.

Section I – A Member of Congress not voting in 3 consecutive votes or not voting in 4 out of 5 consecutive votes shall be automatically dismissed from their position. Votes held during a Leave of Absence shall not count.

Section II – A replacement of a Member of Congress not voting in 2 consecutive votes shall be excluded from all quorum requirements.

• Section I - Advertisements require an advertiser to purchase, for regional legal tender, space on the henceforth mentioned spaces from any person or persons who have legal authority or jurisdiction over said space, and the ability and consent to distribute them for legal tender.

• Section II - An advertisement shall be defined as:

  1. a piece of media such as a photo or video that may be displayed on Aesica’s region page, which includes its World Factbook Entry (WFE), its map, its flag, its banner, and any dispatches attached to the page,

  2. a regional telegram sent to more than eight nations at once which:

     1. promotes or discourages a political position, which includes any policy, nation, campaign, and political party, or group,

     2. promotes a non-political group that may be joined or service that may be purchased for legal tender,

  3. a piece of content within a nation's dispatch,

• Section III - The promoter of an advertisement is the person, or political party, or group, who approved the content of the advertisement and/or paid for its publication.

• Section IV - Any advertisements made on a non-monetary basis are not under the jurisdiction of this act, except where specifically provided for.

• Section I - All written advertisements must clearly state at the end of the advertisement the promoter of the advertisement; written advertisements that are paid for or authorized by a candidate must contain a message stating that the candidate approved its message, which in turn must have been approved for inclusion by the candidate.

• Section II - All written advertisements that are made to promote a political party or candidate which are not authorized by the candidate must clearly state at the end of the advertisement that the party/candidate is not responsible for its messaging and that it may not necessarily reflect their beliefs.

• Section III - All written advertisements must clearly state at the end of the advertisement that the content included is an advertisement, and that its contents were not authorized or promoted on behalf of the United Republic of Aesica.

• Section IV - All visual advertisements must include some form of watermark that easily identifies its content as an advertisement, as well as a watermark that clearly identifies whether or not it was approved by the party/candidate it is promoting, if applicable.

  1. Congress may determine the appropriate watermarks by law; in absence of statutory watermarks, the Ministry of Domestic Affairs may create easily accessible watermark standards.

• Section V - The state must endeavor to give all political viewpoints equal time for advertisements; if a time-limited advertisement lapses, advertisements promoting other political viewpoints must be prioritised for the next advertisement if available; the state may not provide easier access to advertisements for specific nations over others.

• Section VI - Telegrams that are not sent to more than eight nations at once, but do meet the other criteria for telegram advertisements, are subject to the same restrictions as mass telegrams as listed in this act, even if they are made on a non-monetary basis.

• Section I - Advertisements, under any and all circumstances, and without exception, are prohibited from being sold or displayed from the following spaces:

  1. The regional map, including the regional map of any subregions,

  2. Within any dispatches listed in the Dispatch Registry, including the dispatch for the Dispatch Registry itself; this does not include dispatches being pinned on the Aesica WFE, but it does include dispatches being pinned onto subregional WFEs.

  3. The regional flag, including the regional flag of any subregions,

  4. The regional WFE, including the WFEs of any subregions; this does not include links to any media articles or media organizations which may include a political advertisement or messaging as a part of, but not the entirety of, its content.

• Section II - Advertisements in the following spaces are subject to the following restrictions, along with any other restrictions imposed in law:

  1. Regional banner advertisements may occupy no more than fifty percent of the space of the banner; a specific advertisement may be displayed for no greater than seven consecutive days,

  2. Dispatches pinned to the regional WFE may include no more than two dispatches at a time; no person, political party, or group, may occupy both dispatch slots at once; a specific dispatch may be displayed for no greater than seven consecutive days,

  3. Mass regional telegrams are limited to being purchased at a rate of one per a person, political party, or group, within a seven day period.

• Section III - Once a person, political party, or group, purchases an advertisement in a specific category, they are prohibited from purchasing the same category of advertisement for seven consecutive days, after the advertisement has ran its course.

• Section IV - If an advertisement promotes a certain political party or candidate, it may only be ran more than once within a 21-day period if the party/candidate in question has approved the message; this does not apply to negative campaigning denigrating a party or candidate.