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Post by small green plants on Jul 17, 2005 22:51:15 GMT
I have just received a TG from a Nation asking me to withdraw my endorsement as the nation in question has exceeded his "allowance" of 25 endorsements. I have refused this request for the moment as I feel that I should be able to endorse anyone that I see fit.
As far as I am aware I was never given the opportunity to vote on this highly restrictive piece of legislation and would like someone to explain why it is in force.
What purpose does it serve?
What are the benifits?
I can see absolutely no reason for it to exist and would like to propose a motion to have it repealed
As a further gesture of protest I have withdrawn my endorsement of the delegate
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Post by Blackbird on Jul 18, 2005 3:37:39 GMT
Comrade,
This legislation is in place to preserve the Delegacy of our democratically elected Delegate. Our Delegate is elected every three months by the People's Assembly. During this three month term, no one is permitted to exceed the Delegate's endorsements beyond a certain amount, this amount being 25 in this case. This is to prevent someone from undermining our democracy by endorsement swapping their way to the Delegacy, in addition to helping prevent invaders who are trying to garner native endorsements from having a successful invasion.
This piece of legislation was passed over a year ago, as I recall, with input being given in the respective Ministries, before the Delegate and Ministers ratified the legislation.
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Post by The Red Factions on Jul 18, 2005 11:19:16 GMT
The Delegate is the titular head of the region, presidetus over the People's Assembly and The Ministerial Council and is elected at regular intervals by the People's Assembly. As you are aware, during the last elections, Star City won the elections hence the transfer of the delegacy from Soviet Sexy Girls to him. NationStates mechanics have been constructed in order for the nation with the highest endorsement count in the region to become the regional delegate. In our case, as we don't have a founder, he is the sole nation with access to the ejection button, the password protection and the editing of the WFE. As befits a democratic region, he is elected, by the Assembly.
What purpose does this legislation serve?
1. Protects the delegacy from unelected nations
2. Protects the region from region crashers who have the express intent of seizing control of the region and violate our sovereignty
What are the benefits?
1. The Delegate remains a nation directly elected by the People
2. The Proletariat Coalition remains safe and secure.
This legislation was passed last year, after much discussions with the natives before being put into law by the Ministries. The legislation can be found in the Official Archives. If you would like to start up a motion to repeal this law, please head to the People's Assembly - if somebody seconds your motion, it will be taken to a vote where a simple majority will carry the day.
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Post by small green plants on Jul 19, 2005 16:42:09 GMT
Thank you for answering my query. I can see the neccesity to protect the elected delegates position, however a quick check through the region reveals that we have over 90 UN members. In light of that would you agree that a limit of 25 endorsements is on the low side?
Also if we are apparently enforcing this legislation should it not be applied universally throughout the region?
I mention this because while checking I discovered that the outgoing delgate SSG has not shed his endorsements and still has 56 and Blackbird has 48. I would suggest that both these eminent nations are aware of this legislation and are setting a very bad example by flouting it.
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Post by Blackbird on Jul 20, 2005 3:26:39 GMT
The outgoing Delegate maintained his endorsements during Star City's official leave of abscence as a security precuation. When SSG took his leave (concurrent with SC's), I raised my endorsement level for the express purpose of protecting us from this specific endorsement swapper, with the consent of the Ministerial Council.
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Post by small green plants on Aug 7, 2005 1:24:47 GMT
At the risk of opening this thread again it seems to me that our Delegate is absent more than he should be
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Post by Southern Tasmania on Aug 7, 2005 1:52:31 GMT
He isn't absent, he was online 5 hours ago. Your withdrawing your endorsement from the delegate isn't doing you any favours, or the security of the region. The time for supporting or declining to support the delegate is during the elections, between elections you should vote for him just to make sure that a person who didn't endorse him doesn't come along and take over. Make your opposition to the delegate vocal, don't deliberately try and destabilise the region.
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Post by Blackbird on Aug 7, 2005 3:35:43 GMT
Hear hear.
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