5th General Assembly

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5th General Assembly
4th 5th 6th
Leadership
SecretaryLosinia/Atealia
Prime MinisterAtealia/Franckley
Dates
Start1 April 2017
Finish30 June 2017

The 5th General Assembly was elected at the March 2017 general election. This consisted of nine independent members, and each served a three-month term from 1 April to 30 June 2017. The final members of the 5th General Assembly were Atealia, Franckley, Cedoria, The Final Horseman, Libertasnia, South Miruva, Llorens, New Lonopolian Empire and Rathfarnham.

Celera, New Tuva SSR and Losinia were each removed and Halfblakistan and Obiristan both stepped down from the General Assembly throughout the government term. Their positions were either directly or indirectly filled by Llorens, The Final Horseman, Franckley, Cedoria and South Miruva respectively.

Members[edit | edit source]

Secretary
(ext. elected)
Losinia
1 April-1 May 2017
Atealia
1 May-30 June 2017
Prime Minister
(ext. elected)
Atealia
1 April-1 May 2017
Franckley
10 May-30 June 2017
Minister of Archives
(ext. elected)
Halfblakistan
1 April-15 May 2017
Cedoria
15 May-30 June 2017
Minister of Defence
(appointed)
New Tuva SSR
1 April-18 April 2017
The Final Horseman
18 April-30 May 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(appointed)
Libertasnia
1 April-30 June 2017
Minister of Imm. & Customs
(ext. elected)
Obiristan
1 April-15 May 2017
South Miruva
15 May-30 June 2017
Chief Justice
(ext. elected)
New Lonopolian Empire
1 April-30 June 2017
First Justice
(ext. elected)
Celera
1 April-15 April 2017
Rathfarnham
15 April-30 June 2017
Second Justice
(ext. elected)
Rathfarnham
1 April-15 April 2017
Llorens
27 April-30 June 2017
Days into term
0
15
30
45
60
75
90

Removals[edit | edit source]

Celera[edit | edit source]

Due to complete inactivity in the General Assembly chatroom, First Justice Celera was proposed exclusively to the members of the General Assembly for removal via the Vote of No Confidence procedure on 15 April 2017. This procedure was heavily criticised by Cedoria and Llorens, particularly, as the Vote of No Confidence wasn't presented to the general public before its vote and a new bill instituting complete change to the process, the Democratic Confidence Act, was approximately one day from highly likely passing. This resulted in a heated debate on the regional message board, followed by formal apologies from Secretary Losinia and Minister of Defence New Tuva SSR. Rathfarnham was ineligible to vote under the Interest Clause. The results of the no-confidence motion were as follows:

Yes
7
No
0

New Tuva SSR[edit | edit source]

Due to rising tensions between Losinia and New Tuva SSR, which tipped due to disagreements and infighting over the secretive removal and defence of First Justice Celera, New Tuva SSR was replaced by The Final Horseman as Minister of Defence on 18 April 2017 by Secretary Losinia.

Losinia[edit | edit source]

Due to their accused incompetence and failure to fulfil Constitutional responsibilities over the first month of the term, now commonly referred to as the April Crisis, Secretary Losinia was proposed to the public for removal by Cedoria via the Vote of No Confidence procedure on 27 April 2017. Following intense discussion closely following the announcement of the motion, Losinia failed to maintain his promise to resume the talk and did not make any other comments for a number of days. Unexpectedly, Losinia departed the region for the allied leftist region of North Korea on 30 April 2017 before banjecting the heavily influential nations of British Accia and New Tuva SSR. The Vote of No Confidence commenced later that day to ensure that proper legal procedure was followed to remove Losinia as the Secretary, although Atealia took over as interim-Secretary from 1 May 2017. Voting was held from this date till 3 May 2017. The results of the no-confidence motion were as follows:

Yes
21
No
0

By-elections[edit | edit source]

Second Justice[edit | edit source]

As a result of First Justice Celera's removal on 15 April 2017, Rathfarnham was promoted to the position of First Justice from Second Justice and Llorens was elected in a by-election for Second Justice. The candidates were Llorens and New Prague Workers Republic. Voting was held from 23 to 27 April 2017. The results of the vote were as follows:

Llorens
10
New Prague
7

Prime Minister[edit | edit source]

As a result of Secretary Losinia's removal on 3 May 2017, Atealia was promoted to the position of Secretary from Prime Minister and Franckley was elected in a by-election for Prime Minister. The candidates were Franckley and New Tuva SSR. Voting was held from 8 to 10 May 2017. The results of the vote were as follows:

Franckley
13
New Tuva SSR
9

Minister of Archives[edit | edit source]

As a result of Minister of Archives Halfblakistan's resignation, Cedoria was elected in a by-election for the position. The candidates were Auven and Cedoria. Voting was held from 13 to 15 May 2017. The results of the vote were as follows:

Auven
6
Cedoria
16

Minister of Immigration and Customs[edit | edit source]

As a result of Minister of Immigration and Customs Obiristan's resignation, South Miruva was elected in a by-election for the position. The candidates were Democraitc Liberan and South Miruva. Voting was held from 13 to 15 May 2017. The results of the vote were as follows:

Liberan
4
South Miruva
18

Proposals[edit | edit source]

To pass a law in the General Assembly with the Secretary's endorsement five votes are needed, and without the endorsement seven votes are needed. To pass a law by referendum with the Secretary's endorsement a simple majority of the vote is needed, and without the endorsement two-thirds of the vote is needed. The following are the proposals that were put to vote during the term of the 5th General Assembly (an italic result indicates that the Secretary didn't endorse the proposal):

Name Result Proposer/s Description
Democratic Confidence Act 13-0 Atealia
  • Require a Vote of No Confidence to be held via regional poll
  • Remove the Benefactor and Interest clauses of a VoNC
Replacement Urgency Act 6-1 Llorens
  • Shorten the minimum by-election length from 6 to 3 days
  • Institute a formal method for appointing a by-election moderator
Emergency Invasion Act 20-1 Llorens
  • Limit State of Emergency to threatening regional invasions
  • Reduce maximum initial SoE length from 14 to 7 days
Legal Standard Act 18-3 Llorens
  • Apply a standard judiciary voting requirement for all procedures
  • Give each of the Justices equal power and a standard title
Justice Confidence Act 13-0 Llorens
  • Implement electoral confidence votes for Ministry of Law candidates
  • Ensure that democratic procedures are applied to all elected positions
Constitutional Organisation Act 17-0 Llorens
  • Reorganise the Constitution to improve readability
  • Reorganise the Constitution to allow for expansion if necessary
Fascist Expulsion Act 8-1 Atealia
  • Prohibit support for fascism
  • Institute banjection consequences for violation of this law
Military Name Act 16-3 Llorens
  • Remove the specificity of the military name
  • Remove the need for Secretary authorisation of military raids
Key
General Assembly
  Passed
  Not passed
Referendum
  Passed
  Not passed