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Directive Affirming Membership in the Founderless Regions Alliance.
Topic Started: Sep 26 2013, 11:20 PM (312 Views)
Likako A. Nehio
As a part of Amendment IX, the League of Nations must now replace the once Constitutionally-bound section concerning the Founderless Regoins Alliance with a more comprehensive and easier to manage piece of legislation. To that end, I have simply copied and pasted the section from the Constitution and made a couple of changes, the most significant being moving the election of FRA reps to align with that of the rest of the elections. So without further ado, I submit the following proposal to the floor of the League of Nations.

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Directive Affirming Membership in the Founderless Regions Alliance
Proposed: September 26, 2013
Author: Likako A. Nehio


The Second Republic of New Sorvun is considered to be a member region of the Founderless Regions Alliance (FRA), and is bound by the FRA's Charter, therefore it will have some impact on regional affairs, most notably: the military.

Section I. Representatives.

The region of New Sorvun is a member region of the FRA and depending upon the membership status (either protectorate or full member), a set number of representatives must be chosen to represent New Sorvun in the Regional Assembly: the legislative body of the FRA. (One representative as a protectorate, or two representatives as a full member.)

  1. The Representatives shall be chosen by general election and coincide with Chancellory elections.
  2. Any citizen can run for a Regional Representative seat.
  3. Because of the military-focused nature of the FRA, it is crucial that the Representatives be given access to the full details of military operations, regardless of military rank (including having no military rank).
  4. Representatives of New Sorvun shall publish a weekly report on the FRA in the Chancellor's office, and shall publish all updates dispatched from the Chancellor's office to the FRA.

Section II. Intelligence.

  1. All intelligence gathered involving raids, invasions, or purges of regions must be shared with the FRA Intelligence Office.
  2. The Lord Chancellor may appoint an individual to work as a liaison between the FRA's Intelligence Office and the intelligency agency of New Sorvun. This appointment requires approval from the League of Nations.

Section III. Military Authority.

  1. A citizen that is enlisted in the New Sorvun regional military is not required to enlist in the FRA Rangers, likewise a citizen that is enlisted as a FRA Ranger is not required to enlist in the New Sorvun regional military.
  2. If a citizen is enlisted in both the FRA Rangers and New Sorvun regional military, and both are in the field together, the enlistee must defer to the command of the organization that arrived on the battlefield first.
  3. Chain of Command is based on New Sorvun regional military ranks, so no matter how highly ranked an enlistee maybe in the FRA Rangers, an enlistee's rank as part of the New Sorvun regional military is all that will be considered in terms of Chain of Command.
  4. An enlistee of the FRA Rangers is still held accountable for its actions on the battlefield. Even if it doesn't necessarily violate the policy of the FRA Rangers, as enlistees are considered representatives of New Sorvun, and therefore may be subject to any reprimands.
  5. No citizen will be barred from joining the FRA Rangers, except by court order.

Section IV. Miscellaneous.

  1. As long as New Sorvun remains a member of the FRA, no citizen will be barred from going to the FRA forums and participating in any way he sees fit, however, any offense that said citizen creates against the FRA will be treated as an equivalent offense in New Sorvun, and a trial will be conducted to determine guilt and sentence. However should the offender be found innocent by the World Court, it does not guarantee that the FRA will also deem the offender innocent.
  2. If it comes to pass that we have good cause to go to war with another region or if another region openly declares war on us (excluding other FRA member regions), the FRA must be notified as such, otherwise as New Sorvun is bound by the Charter. The New Sorvun regional military can not conduct or participate in any raids, invasions or purges. The only exception is the Warzone regions and training areas.
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It's been a while since I have been able to do this but...

As the Speaker of the League of Nations, I hereby open the preliminary debating phase, which will last for three days until Monday, September 30 at 12 pm EST.

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Well, this issue again...

I have found myself becoming increasingly neutral when it comes to the FRA, but that maybe because of our current bout of inactivity. I'm not wholly convinced of the benefits of the FRA much anymore. We do not have an active military whatsoever, nor are we receiving/sending any sort of updates to/from the FRA. Not exactly conducive to a healthy relationship to me...

Now, a couple of issues I have here:

Section II. Intelligence.

II. The Lord Chancellor may appoint an individual to work as a liaison between the FRA's Intelligence Office and the intelligency agency of New Sorvun. This appointment requires approval from the League of Nations.

- We have no intelligence agency in this region (not that we know of though), so I'm not sure what you're getting at with this.

Section III. Military Authority

II. If a citizen is enlisted in both the FRA Rangers and New Sorvun regional military, and both are in the field together, the enlistee must defer to the command of the organization that arrived on the battlefield first.

- I am afraid this is something I'm quite confused about. If someone is in both military forces, then doesn't that mean both forces are on the field at that point? What then of command? And why should New Sorvun forces be subject to FRA commanders when our own commanders are likely on the field with them? I can see sharing intelligence and all that fun stuff, but this is a bridge too far.
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Likako A. Nehio
The Lord Chancellor has the power to establish an intelligence gathering agency and the event that such an agency is created then it may be necessary to have someone working closely with the FRA's Intelligence Department.


As for the command thing, I am troubled with it myself. It really isn't necessary, and if something happens when it becomes necessary I think the Lord Chancellor and high ranking military staff can handle it.
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I'm still a big supporter of our membership of the FRA. Even if it seems like there's little interaction between us defending is a large part of New Sorvun's history, and I think it sends out a positive message about what kind of region we are.

As for the proposal, I'm not sure about mandating weekly FRA updates, I would've thought just requiring representatives to notify the Lord Chancellor of important developments would suffice.
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The Representatives should be more than just a title and a chair. They have a responsibility to this region, and they need to live up to it, informing the region of the happenings within the FRA is the main responsibility. I or any Lord Chancellor shouldn't have to ask or demand it, it should be compulsory. I am willing to go to a biweekly report or monthly report, but I do not think removing the mandate is the best right now.
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Sep 27 2013, 11:31 AM
As for the proposal, I'm not sure about mandating weekly FRA updates, I would've thought just requiring representatives to notify the Lord Chancellor of important developments would suffice.
At no point did I say they had no responsibility to keep the region updated, I questioned the need for them to do it every week.
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Sep 27 2013, 08:59 AM
The Lord Chancellor has the power to establish an intelligence gathering agency and the event that such an agency is created then it may be necessary to have someone working closely with the FRA's Intelligence Department.
Why does New Sorvun even need an intelligence agency? This is absolutely silly. I would argue for the removal of the clause in question.
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Agreed, Deckard. In addition, I have no problem telling Likako what happens every week.
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First the intelligency agency would be important for both protecting the region from spies and intercepting information on raider movement. While the latter isn't that important the former is a matter of regional security, which is a responsibility of the Lord Chancellor. At any rate that should be discussed independently of this proposal.

Second, what seems like a fair schedule for the reports from the Representatives?
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Monthly?

Likako, the intel infrastructure sounds good in theory, but what would it actually do? We don't really have any capabilities for detecting spies, do we? Please prove me wrong.
Edited by Ironicness, Sep 29 2013, 10:49 PM.
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Do you think tbe FRA has some magic wand that tells them who is a spy and who isn't? No they have agents working the fields watching and listening. Only through years of refinement and experience have they come to possess the best intel agency in all of nationstates.
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I have no problem with the intelligence section, it makes sense that we're prepared for a possible re-opening of our security operations.
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The Debating period is now over, unless there is a motion to continue debate. In the absence of that, the voting stage now begins for another three days, until Thursday, October 3 at 12 pm EST.
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Aye.
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Yes.
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