The VoNC Procedure Re-clarification Act
A
Bill
To
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the VPRA.
Section 2. Commencement
(1) All Provisions shall come into effect upon the passage of this bill.
(2) The Vonc Procedure Clarification Act will be rescinded, but it will not change the previous rescindment mentioned in the bill itself.
Section 3. Reasoning.
(1) The previous bill to clarify the Vote of No Confidence (VoNC) procedure was vague and conspicuous, this bill will clarify and add specifics for ease of use and implementation.
(2) A recent VoNC procedure shows the ineffectiveness of the previous clarification act, this aims to make it more regulated, and easier to discuss within parliament.
Section 4. VoNC Reasoning
(1) A VoNC must be started for a reasonable concern with proof and precedence that the member in question will not or has not effectively done their job.
(2) Failure to apply adequate reasoning for a VoNC will result in an investigation to the Motion Starter (the person that initiated the VoNC) by the Department of State.
Section 5. VoNC Motion Procedure
(1) When a person believes that a VoNC is in order, they must report it to the Speaker of Parliament, who will put the question, as well as the motion starter’s reasoning in parliament-announcements.
(1a) In the event that the motion starter would like to initiate a VoNC against the SoP, the Deputy SoP will be the one to post the proceedings.
(1b) If there is no elected DSoP, then the DoS minister will be the one who posts it, this is also true if there is no elected SoP.
(2) The VoNC will then be treated as a pending bill, wherein a 24 hour voting period opens, and if there is a failure to vote, infraction points will be issued at the SoP or DSoPs’ discretion, pending the person who it is being issued to.
(3) The first motion must have a majority (4/7) vote, if it maintains this, then it will proceed. If it does not, it fails.
(4) In the event there are no nay voters (a 6/7 aye for VoNC vote), they will be immediately removed from parliament without a hearing.
Section 6. VoNC Hearing
(1) At the earliest convenience of (4/7) parliament members including at least two nay and two aye voters, within:
of the original motion passing, the hearing will be held in a thread entitled “XYZ’s VoNC Hearing (Date)” ex. “Reppal’s VoNC Hearing (01/15/2023)” with (MM/DD/YYYY) format under the GOVERNMENT tab on the public BusinessCraft Discord.
(1a) During this time, the member in question will have to report all activity in parliament to the DoS minister, conversation is not required to be reported.
(2) The alleged charges will be listed by the motion starter, and the accused will have a 10 hour response window to address the claims. No extensions will be made unless approved by a parliament vote of (3/7) for a max of 10 hours total.
(3) In response to the claims, a public forum period of one day back and forth will ensue between parliament members and the general public. Conduct in this hearing will be regulated by the DoS minister.
(3a) A contempt of court-like punishment can be issued at the discretion of the minister for a max punishment of 1,000kr and removal from the hearing for the public population, and 2,000kr with a temporary mute of no more than 20 minutes for parliament members.
(4) After this period, final conclusion statements will be requested and must be issued within 2 hours. A final vote will take place, and a final decision will be made.
(4a) The DoS minister will then report all activity of interest completed by the parliament member in question, and parliament will decide to keep or revoke it at a vote of (4/6) should they be VoNCed. This will not be public and shall take place in the parliament-announcements chat.
Section 7. Public Appeal
(1) If a member feels they were incorrectly VoNCed, they may appeal to the public.
(2) The Department of Public Affairs will make a forum post and announce in gov-announcements the public appeal, asking citizens to vote whether or not to reinstate the accused. The vote will be limited to those who are able to contribute to a regularly scheduled parliament election at the time of the appeal, no Members of Parliament shall vote.
(2a) Votes will be verified by the DoS minister.
(3) If the vote passes successfully by majority, then a vote by the executive will take place. The chosen voters will be required to read the hearing and all relevant material parliament can produce in order to justify their decision.
(3a) The Prime Minister, Judges, and Ministers selected at random (using a random number generator) going in this order:
0. Department of Justice
1. Department of Health
2. Department of State
3. Department of Economy
4. Department of Public Affairs
5. Department of Agriculture
6. Department of Construction
to make up a total of seven (7), shall take a vote. A required (4/7) will be needed for the accused to finally be reinstated.
Authored by Reppal for the people of Stratham.
A
Bill
To
The Parliament of Stratham enacts:
Section 1. Short Title
(1) This Act is the VPRA.
Section 2. Commencement
(1) All Provisions shall come into effect upon the passage of this bill.
(2) The Vonc Procedure Clarification Act will be rescinded, but it will not change the previous rescindment mentioned in the bill itself.
Section 3. Reasoning.
(1) The previous bill to clarify the Vote of No Confidence (VoNC) procedure was vague and conspicuous, this bill will clarify and add specifics for ease of use and implementation.
(2) A recent VoNC procedure shows the ineffectiveness of the previous clarification act, this aims to make it more regulated, and easier to discuss within parliament.
Section 4. VoNC Reasoning
(1) A VoNC must be started for a reasonable concern with proof and precedence that the member in question will not or has not effectively done their job.
(2) Failure to apply adequate reasoning for a VoNC will result in an investigation to the Motion Starter (the person that initiated the VoNC) by the Department of State.
Section 5. VoNC Motion Procedure
(1) When a person believes that a VoNC is in order, they must report it to the Speaker of Parliament, who will put the question, as well as the motion starter’s reasoning in parliament-announcements.
(1a) In the event that the motion starter would like to initiate a VoNC against the SoP, the Deputy SoP will be the one to post the proceedings.
(1b) If there is no elected DSoP, then the DoS minister will be the one who posts it, this is also true if there is no elected SoP.
(2) The VoNC will then be treated as a pending bill, wherein a 24 hour voting period opens, and if there is a failure to vote, infraction points will be issued at the SoP or DSoPs’ discretion, pending the person who it is being issued to.
(3) The first motion must have a majority (4/7) vote, if it maintains this, then it will proceed. If it does not, it fails.
(4) In the event there are no nay voters (a 6/7 aye for VoNC vote), they will be immediately removed from parliament without a hearing.
Section 6. VoNC Hearing
(1) At the earliest convenience of (4/7) parliament members including at least two nay and two aye voters, within:
- A four day period for the start of a week (Sunday-Tuesday),
- three day period in the middle (Wednesday to Thursday),
- or a two day period on a weekend (Friday-Saturday),
of the original motion passing, the hearing will be held in a thread entitled “XYZ’s VoNC Hearing (Date)” ex. “Reppal’s VoNC Hearing (01/15/2023)” with (MM/DD/YYYY) format under the GOVERNMENT tab on the public BusinessCraft Discord.
(1a) During this time, the member in question will have to report all activity in parliament to the DoS minister, conversation is not required to be reported.
(2) The alleged charges will be listed by the motion starter, and the accused will have a 10 hour response window to address the claims. No extensions will be made unless approved by a parliament vote of (3/7) for a max of 10 hours total.
(3) In response to the claims, a public forum period of one day back and forth will ensue between parliament members and the general public. Conduct in this hearing will be regulated by the DoS minister.
(3a) A contempt of court-like punishment can be issued at the discretion of the minister for a max punishment of 1,000kr and removal from the hearing for the public population, and 2,000kr with a temporary mute of no more than 20 minutes for parliament members.
(4) After this period, final conclusion statements will be requested and must be issued within 2 hours. A final vote will take place, and a final decision will be made.
(4a) The DoS minister will then report all activity of interest completed by the parliament member in question, and parliament will decide to keep or revoke it at a vote of (4/6) should they be VoNCed. This will not be public and shall take place in the parliament-announcements chat.
Section 7. Public Appeal
(1) If a member feels they were incorrectly VoNCed, they may appeal to the public.
(2) The Department of Public Affairs will make a forum post and announce in gov-announcements the public appeal, asking citizens to vote whether or not to reinstate the accused. The vote will be limited to those who are able to contribute to a regularly scheduled parliament election at the time of the appeal, no Members of Parliament shall vote.
(2a) Votes will be verified by the DoS minister.
(3) If the vote passes successfully by majority, then a vote by the executive will take place. The chosen voters will be required to read the hearing and all relevant material parliament can produce in order to justify their decision.
(3a) The Prime Minister, Judges, and Ministers selected at random (using a random number generator) going in this order:
0. Department of Justice
1. Department of Health
2. Department of State
3. Department of Economy
4. Department of Public Affairs
5. Department of Agriculture
6. Department of Construction
to make up a total of seven (7), shall take a vote. A required (4/7) will be needed for the accused to finally be reinstated.
Authored by Reppal for the people of Stratham.
