Ma'at Kheru: Electoral Freedoms

[Tomb]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION

Electoral Freedoms

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Bananaistan

Description: The General Assembly

Acknowledging the great strides made by this body and individual member states in furthering democracy,

Noting the indivisible right of sovereign nations to choose their own form of government,

Concerned that any further WA legislation regarding elections will discourage further democratisation,

And wishing to establish a method by which international election monitors can review and report upon a member state’s elections to further encourage dialogue and commerce between member states,

Hereby

1) Mandates that no member state may directly interfere with another member state’s elections unless requested by the subject member state,

2) Expands the role of the Organization for Electoral Assistance to:

(a) Establish a methodology on certification of elections and electoral systems based upon how free, fair, transparent and regular the elections and electoral systems are,

(b) Upon the request of the government of a member state, to monitor that member state’s election(s) and electoral process, and to certify the election(s) and electoral system pursuant to the criteria above,

3) Reserves to individual member states, within the requirements of international law existing at the time of the implementation of this resolution, the power to create, implement, amend and repeal electoral laws, rules, regulations and guidelines regarding elections held within member states.

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Ministry Recommendation: The Ministry of WA Affairs recommends a vote of Against in regards to this resolutions. Where does one begin here? First of all, while this resolutions follows the standard WA Resolution template, it does not elaborately explain the issue at hand, expanding freedom. For example it expands the role of the Organization of Electoral Assistance. Yet, the author never writes about how this expansion will occur. This lack of explanation and understand is also present in 2 A. In addition to all of this, the resolution contradicts itself in point 3, where the author talks about how member states have the power to create guidelines, etc regarding elections within the other member states; however at the beginning, they state, "1) Mandates that no member state may directly interfere with another member state’s elections unless requested by the subject member state." Therefore, this resolution is not efficient or clear enough to pass the WA, as evident by the current margin of votes against it.

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Please post your vote For, Against, or Abstain below.

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~ Tomb, Scribe of WA Affairs

[Festavo]

Against