Reform Omnibus Amendment of 2019

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Members of Congress,

I am pleased to inform you that over a month's work has yielded this unprecedented omnibus bill, over 70 pages of legislation bringing about critical reforms to the DSA. The principle changes gut much of the clutter of the old Charter, moving them to appropriately named legislative compilations, while also introducing new concepts and cementing familiar traditions in our laws. With the input of many DSA members, I have carefully created this reform package to add flexibility and modern ideas into our Charter, while also respecting and codifying many traditions. Upon discussion with the Secretary-General, Korolev, we have decided to present each bill alongside the Charter amendment, as each proposal relies upon others. With this, I hope to earn your support for this reform.

Reform Omnibus of 2019
Category: Charter Amendment

Author: Gremblo (Ivory Rhodes)
Contributors: Dekks, Dankass Communes, Korolevia
Sponsors:  Cephesylon, Danera, Dankass Communes, Iae, Gremblo (Ivory Rhodes), Nchikumbwa, Korolevia, New Andureo, Ratateague, Samogkir, Venovica, West Bengalis, Xingal

The Congress of the Democratic Socialist Assembly:

WHEREAS, The Charter of the Democratic Socialist Assembly is nearing seventy pages in length with a flurry of amendments offered and passed over the previous two years, and
WHEREAS, Recognizing the incredible burden imposed upon all members of the DSA charged with understanding and executing the laws of the Charter, and
WHEREAS, Traditions have usurped the law and many duties, rights, and responsibility are misunderstood, forgotten, or otherwise neglected, and
WHEREAS, Constitutional law has never been fit for legislating, and recognizing the Charter as the incorrect place to make changes which are not fundamental to the operations of the region, and
WHEREAS, An acknowledgement of the many lost laws and procedures which still apply but cannot possibly be interpreted must be made, be it therefore
RESOLVED, That this Congress of the Democratic Socialist Assembly hereby repeals all existing Laws of the Assembly and the Charter of the Democratic Socialist Assembly, and be it therefore
RESOLVED, That this Congress of the Democratic Socialist Assembly hereby enacts the following legislation.

Article I - Implementation Provisions
    1. The Charter of the Democratic Socialist Assembly is hereby repealed in its entirety.
    2. All Laws of the Assembly are hereby repealed in their entirety.
    3. These various acts and amendment shall come into force upon passage.
    4. All of the proceeding Articles shall require a 2/3 majority to pass, and no Article may pass without the passage of all other Articles.

Article II - The Charter of the Democratic Socialist Assembly
    1. drive.google.com/file/d/1bunpyM6XY-5zY9pmr_fz0ST3m5Dw7SGL/view?usp=sharing
    2. This legislation shall require a 2/3 majority to amend, repeal, or pass.

Article III - The Rules and Procedures of Congress
    1. drive.google.com/file/d/1OknMlFd13hRFTOkYICNX2dObdDCfJLog/view?usp=sharing
    2. This legislation shall require a simple majority to amend, repeal, or pass.

Article IV - Executive Appointments
    1. drive.google.com/file/d/1CgKX7CzOtEayXVkbGd4szrbhq_o-BwJI/view?usp=sharing
    2. This legislation shall require a simple majority to amend, repeal, or pass.

Article V - Discord Administration
    1. drive.google.com/file/d/1AbDQkQw66CClLi6Vwx0Wq68Wt5rso1sY/view?usp=sharing
    2. This legislation shall require a simple majority to amend, repeal, or pass.

[Dekks]

I have read through all of the proposed reforms. They are mainly re-strucuring the way our legislation is documented and making sure that legislation is easily readable. The couple of substanstive changes that are proposed don't go out of their way in changing the way the DSA is run but only make current processes where we have encountered issues easier to deal with. I applaud Ivory Rhodes for writing such a revolutionary piece of Legislation and urge every Member of Congress to support it.

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So approximately how many pages has it been reduced from/to, compared to our existing documents?

[studentloandebt]

Charter

The preamble
feels more like a description of the MoDA
than the DSA

The DSA aims to reduce or eliminate regional inactivity and atrophy,
and to nurture a welcoming and safe environment that encourages open,
candid, and civilized debate and discussion, as well as active participation and
engagement by all Residents in the affairs of the DSA.

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Section 1.2, Clause 4

All Residents shall endorse the democratically elected World Assembly
Delegate without prejudice or hesitation.

I feel like we should specify it with "All Residents who are members of the World Assembly shall endorse...". Other wise it could feel like residents are required to join the WA

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Subsection 2.2.3

Each Cabinet Member shall have the privilege of appointing and dismissing
any number of Cabinet Aides.

Talking with other people about this I feel we should be more specific with "Each Cabinet Member shall have the privilege of appointing and dismissing

any number of Cabinet Aides as well as appointing and dismissing Directors of Departments under that Cabinet Minister's control."

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Executive Appointments

Subsection 1.3.2 - The Director of Immigration

The Director of Immigration shall be charged with ensuring the growing population of the DSA is well informed about the culture of the DSA, as well as its Regional Principles.

Feel we should reword this because someone could ask "If the DSA Population is not growing then does the DoI have to ensure the population is well informed?
"

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Subsection 1.3.4 - The Director of News and Information

1. The Director of News and Information shall be appointed by and serve at the
discretion of the Minister of Role Play.

DoNI is a MoDA department, not MoRP department

The Director of News and Information shall coordinate with the President of Congress and the Minister of Role Play as to how to best display Solidarity for the region.

Another issue of MoRP and MoDA confusion.

The Director of Fantasy Sports Leagues shall be appointed by and serve at the
discretion of the Minister of Role Play.

The Fantasy aspect was removed from this department, so it is just Director of Sports Leagues

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Article 3, Section 3.1, subsection 3.1.6.

The Secretariat may be impeached by the General Assembly for either violating their roles in Subsection 2.4.3 or for violating

It should refer to Subsection 3.1.3, not 2.4.3.

Subsection 3.1.8 - Rules to be determined by Congress

1. The rules referred to in subsections 2.4.4 thru 2.4.8 may only be established

by an Act of Congress and may not be defined by the Minister of Role Play or

any other Cabinet Member.

This subsection makes no sense in the location it is placed, alongside referring to the incorrect subsections in it


And lastly for the Departments,

Section 3.2​ Departments of the DSA Convention

The DSA Convention is it's own Department under the MoRP. This section says that the Department of Trade & Commerce and the Department of War & Peace are both under the DSA Convention. However, they are not departments within the DSA Convention, but departments within the Ministry of Role-Play. DoTC, DoWP, and DSAC are all their own departments that are separate from one another and all under the MoRP, not DSAC

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The above edits have been made with two exceptions:

A new preamble has been crafted.

Subsection 2.2.3 now refers to executive appointments and the 2.1.1 of EA now refers to the no-limit on Cabinet Aides. A limit of 3 Clerks has been imposed on the High Judge to limit conflicts of interest.

In response to Ratateague, the current Charter sits at 68 pages. This version is 27 pages. The removal and relocation of many items is to credit for the reduction in size. 

[Dekks]

If you add the pages up of all the new documents you get to 60 pages, so even then it's a reduction of even more than 8 pages of uneccesarry content if you factor in the first pages of every new documents and the table of contents.

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Jul 4, 2019 12:17:55 GMT Dekks said:

If you add the pages up of all the new documents you get to 60 pages, so even then it's a reduction of even more than 8 pages of uneccesarry content if you factor in the first pages of every new documents and the table of contents.

Correct, but also a little misleading. These versions have proper spacing conventions which means that Articles start on a new page. This probably takes the true length down further.