Post by Cormac on Jan 24, 2019 13:48:00 GMT -5
Citizenship Administration Amendment
(1) Article I, Sections 3-5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Pacifica will be amended as follows:
(3) The President or their designated Secretary will conditionally admit anyone to citizenship who meets the following criteria:
a. They have a nation residing in Pacifica;
b. They have a World Assembly nation in Pacifica or in another region;
c. They have provided all information required by law in their citizenship application;
d. They have made the affirmation of citizenship;
e. They have not been deemed a security threat by the President or their designated Secretary;
f. They do not meet any other criteria for citizenship prohibition established by law.
(4) Should the President or their designated Secretary for any reason fail to conditionally admit or reject a citizenship applicant within seven days, the application will be forwarded to the Regional Congress, which may conditionally admit the applicant to citizenship by absolute majority vote.
(5) In the event that an applicant is rejected because they have been deemed a security threat by the President or their designated Secretary, the applicant may appeal to the Regional Congress, which may conditionally admit the applicant to citizenship by absolute majority vote. An applicant for citizenship whose appeal is rejected by the Regional Congress may not reapply for citizenship for a period of six months.
a. They have a nation residing in Pacifica;
b. They have a World Assembly nation in Pacifica or in another region;
c. They have provided all information required by law in their citizenship application;
d. They have made the affirmation of citizenship;
e. They have not been deemed a security threat by the President or their designated Secretary;
f. They do not meet any other criteria for citizenship prohibition established by law.
(4) Should the President or their designated Secretary for any reason fail to conditionally admit or reject a citizenship applicant within seven days, the application will be forwarded to the Regional Congress, which may conditionally admit the applicant to citizenship by absolute majority vote.
(5) In the event that an applicant is rejected because they have been deemed a security threat by the President or their designated Secretary, the applicant may appeal to the Regional Congress, which may conditionally admit the applicant to citizenship by absolute majority vote. An applicant for citizenship whose appeal is rejected by the Regional Congress may not reapply for citizenship for a period of six months.
This should be fairly self-explanatory, this amendment would allow the President to delegate admission to citizenship to a designated Secretary, something we already allow the President to do for monthly citizenship audits to remove citizenship from those whose nations have ceased to exist. This is honestly just commonsense, and I'm not sure why I omitted this from the Constitution when I wrote it in the first place; it was probably an oversight.
