[Proposal] Proscribed Regions and Organizations
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:09 am
There's been some call for making our regulation on involvement in procribed regions more effective. I decided to take a shot at revising this section of our legal code:
2. I figured if someone is participating in a proscribed region or organization upon applying for citizenship and they mention it in their application then we should catch it. And if somehow this is missed then it shouldn't just allow them to escape punishment for their allegiance to an outspoken enemy. "Oh, our bad, we missed it the first time around" doesn't seem like justification to humiliate ourselves even further. We should have the power to act at this point.
3. I added the very last part to avoid possibly allowing people to get by with excuses for participating in an enemy region, such as "I was spying on them, not helping them". The Pharaoh seems like the ultimate authority here. If the Pharaoh didn't authorize it then it was probably an act of defiance by one or multiple members of the government.
Now, this is not to say that any of these things can't be appealed through the appropriate channels. It should only make this law harder to abuse.
Please discuss.
This will be amended to:Section 3: Proscribed Regions and Organizations
(1) The Council of Scribes may, with the assent of the Pharaoh, establish certain regions or organizations as proscribed, and rescind the proscribed status of these regions or organizations.
(2) No individual participating in a proscribed region or organization may be admitted to citizenship until ending such participation.
(3) Citizenship will automatically be revoked from any citizen discovered to be participating in a proscribed region or organization, following a 72 hour grace period in which the citizen may end participation in the proscribed region or organization.
(4) Citizenship will automatically be revoked, without any grace period, from any citizen discovered to have been participating in a proscribed region or organization at the time of their admission to citizenship, if such participation was excluded from their application for citizenship.
(5) Any application for diplomatic visa or embassies filed on behalf of a proscribed region or organization will not be approved. Any embassy already maintained with a proscribed region or organization will immediately be closed.
(6) The following regions and organizations are established as proscribed regions and organizations: 10000 Islands; The Order of the Grey Wardens, and any region or organization hosting an official outpost of The Order of the Grey Wardens; Solidarian Fleet, and all member regions of Solidarity; and Renegade Islands Alliance.
(7) The above clause may automatically be updated by the Chief Scribe or legislative deputies upon the establishment or rescinding of proscribed regions or organizations.
(8) The above provisions against participation in or diplomatic relations with proscribed regions or organizations will not apply to official diplomatic duties on behalf of other regions to the proscribed regions or organizations or to participation in invasion, occupation, conquest, infiltration for the purpose of espionage or subversion, or other such action taken against proscribed regions or organizations.
1. The grace period is open to abuse by individuals who might knowingly join a proscribed organization only to "cease and desist" within the time allowed.Section 3: Proscribed Regions and Organizations
(1) The Council of Scribes may, with the assent of the Pharaoh, establish certain regions or organizations as proscribed, and rescind the proscribed status of these regions or organizations.
(2) No individual participating in a proscribed region or organization may be admitted to citizenship until ending such participation.
(3) Citizenship will automatically be revoked from any citizen discovered to be participating in a proscribed region or organization, following a 72 hour grace period in which the citizen may end participation in the proscribed region or organization.
(4) Citizenship will automatically be revoked, without any grace period, from any citizen discovered to have been participating in a proscribed region or organization at the time of their admission to citizenship, if such participation was excluded from their application for citizenship.
(5) Any application for diplomatic visa or embassies filed on behalf of a proscribed region or organization will not be approved. Any embassy already maintained with a proscribed region or organization will immediately be closed.
(6) The following regions and organizations are established as proscribed regions and organizations: 10000 Islands; The Order of the Grey Wardens, and any region or organization hosting an official outpost of The Order of the Grey Wardens; Solidarian Fleet, and all member regions of Solidarity; and Renegade Islands Alliance.
(7) The above clause may automatically be updated by the Chief Scribe or legislative deputies upon the establishment or rescinding of proscribed regions or organizations.
(8) The above provisions against participation in or diplomatic relations with proscribed regions or organizations will not apply to official diplomatic duties on behalf of other regions to the proscribed regions or organizations or to participation in invasion, occupation, conquest, infiltration for the purpose of espionage or subversion, or other such action taken against proscribed regions or organizations that was explicitly authorized by the Pharaoh.
2. I figured if someone is participating in a proscribed region or organization upon applying for citizenship and they mention it in their application then we should catch it. And if somehow this is missed then it shouldn't just allow them to escape punishment for their allegiance to an outspoken enemy. "Oh, our bad, we missed it the first time around" doesn't seem like justification to humiliate ourselves even further. We should have the power to act at this point.
3. I added the very last part to avoid possibly allowing people to get by with excuses for participating in an enemy region, such as "I was spying on them, not helping them". The Pharaoh seems like the ultimate authority here. If the Pharaoh didn't authorize it then it was probably an act of defiance by one or multiple members of the government.
Now, this is not to say that any of these things can't be appealed through the appropriate channels. It should only make this law harder to abuse.
Please discuss.