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[Petition] Revamping the constitution
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eccentrus is in Petition
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I, eccentrus, a proud citizen of the Aytos, hereby petition the parliament to consider these changes upon the constitution, all changes are bolded

on the constitution:

Preamble:

Whereas there is a clear need for a lasting social contract to bind the inhabitants of our island as equals in one society under one government and to provide a framework for the development of our common laws and institutions,

and in accordance with Article II section 3 of the Provisional Constitution of Aytos,

we the people of Aytos hereby call for the Provisional Mayor to establish immediate elections for all elected offices established by this document, and we declare that this Constitution shall supercede the Provisional Constitution of Aytos at the end of those elections.

We the people of Aytos accept and agree that this Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land, from the time of its supercession until such time as it may be amended according to the rules established herein. We hereby claim sovereignty over the island at (-3500, -3300) and all neighboring islands and landmasses within 500m of its banks, and we declare that this constitution shall govern the entirety of those territories on our behalf.

Article I: The State and its territories

Aytos is a republic consisting the city of Aytos centered on (-3500, -3300) and its immediate vicinity 500 blocks from the coastline of the island of Aytos. All island in which all or part of it is within the perimeter of coastline 500 blocks shall be considered as the territories of Aytos except when the landmass is shared with another active independent political entity for which a treaty shall be signed regarding a border of Aytos and her neighbours. All minor landmasses that are a continuation of geographical integrity of the islands and landmasses stated above will be considered as a territory of Aytos as well.

Article II: Citizens and their Rights

Any person who shall reside in Aytos or its territories and who shall make a legally binding Pledge of Loyalty to the Aytos Constitution shall be a Citizen, unless their Citizenship is revoked by the Supreme Court due to a violation of their pledge. The Pledge of Loyalty shall consist of a promise not to grief the town or fellow citizens, and not to usurp political power not granted by this Constitution.

  1. All Citizens shall possess freedom to enter and exit territories of Aytos.

  2. All Citizens shall possess freedom from unwarranted search and seizure.

  3. All Citizens shall possess the right to due process of law in all criminal or civilian disputes.

  4. All Citizens shall possess the right to vote, hold public office, freely associate, and freely participate in the democratic process.

Article III: The Parliament

  1. The Parliament alone shall have authority to pass or repeal laws or to propose the adoption of amendments to this Constitution. The Parliament may enact laws by a simple majority vote.

  2. The Constitution shall only be amended by a unanimous vote of Parliament that is followed by a Referendum to the Citizens with 2/3 found in favor.

  3. Four Parliament seats shall be determined through a general election using the Party-List Proportional Representation method with the Droop Quota. A Speaker of Parliament shall be elected by the Citizens on an individual ticket through the Alternative Vote method. The Speaker shall hold a fifth seat in the Parliament and shall serve as its head, establishing order for all parliamentary proceedings.

  4. All Parliament members shall serve for a term of one month between elections.

Article IV: The Mayor

  1. The Mayor shall serve as chief executive of the government, as head of state, and as Marshall De Jure of the Aytos Armed Forces.

  2. The Mayor shall appoint subordinate officials and hire government workers at his discretion to accomplish the business of the executive government. The Mayor and all appointees shall be referred to collectively as the Office of the Mayor.

3. The Office of the Mayor shall be the representative of the republic in its dealing with foreign political entities and may discuss and maintain relationships with such entities. Any agreements that are to be binding in the front of the law shall be proposed to and ratified by The Parliament.

  1. The Mayor shall draft and negotiate treaties and agreements with foreign states, but no foreign treaty shall be valid until Parliament has ratified it with a majority vote. The Mayor shall neither declare war on a foreign state nor invade its territory without an act of Parliament.

  2. The Mayor shall be chosen by the Citizens on an individual ticket in an election that uses the Aternative Voting method, and shall serve as Mayor for a term of 1 month. The Mayor shall be ineligible for a seat in Parliament or in the Supreme Court. If a Mayor is simultaneously elected Speaker he must forfeit the position of Speaker to the second-choice candidate. If a Judge is elected as Mayor he shall resign as Judge.

  3. The Mayor shall notify Parliament in advance of all Mayoral appointments, and Parliament shall have the right to veto any Mayoral appointment by a majority vote.

  4. The Mayor's Office shall administer all public lands, public facilities, and existing government programs according to the law, and shall manage the city's treasury. Treasury fund for as long as the length of the office of the Mayor must be proposed to and approved by, The Parliament.

  5. The Mayor's Office shall petition the Parliament for the creation of all new government programs, but shall not proceed with any program unless the Parliament shall have enacted it as law.

  6. The Mayor shall keep the Speaker of Parliament informed of the status of funds and the status of the operation of government programs.

  7. The Mayor's Office shall administer all elections. The public shall be given one week's notice for any election that is held, and shall have a 48 hour period in which to cast their vote.

  8. If a Mayor is found by Parliament to have grossly mismanaged his office or usurped or abused his powers, he shall be impeached only by a unanimous vote of the Parliament and shall be tried by the Supreme Court for any crimes committed, and the Parliament shall select an interim Mayor until the next election.

Article V: The Supreme Court

  1. The Parliament shall maintain three Judges on the Supreme Court, and the Judge with seniority over the other two shall be the Chief Judge. Judges shall be appointed only by a 4/5 vote of Parliament, and shall be removed only by their voluntary resignation or by a unanimous vote of Parliament.

  2. Judges of the Supreme Court shall recuse themselves from judging any case in which they have a significant personal interest in the outcome.

  3. The Supreme Court shall, when suit is brought by a Citizen, have authority to overturn with a 2/3 majority any law found to be unconstitutional.

  4. The Supreme Court shall try every public official accused of misconduct. In a case of misuse of public funds, or abuse of the power of the Mayor's Office resulting in unlawful harm to a Citizen, the Supreme Court shall order full reparations, with no exception.

  5. The Supreme Court shall have authority to hold a trial to revoke the citizenship of a Citizen who has violated his Pledge of Loyalty by griefing or usurping power, but this revocation of citizenship shall require unanimous agreement of the Court. A person whose Citizenship has been revoked may only be reinstated as a Citizen by a special act of Parliament.

  6. Any one of the three Judges shall have authority as an individual Judge to try all other crimes and hear all other lawsuits, and to impose sentences and judgements in accordance with civil or criminal law. The Chief Judge shall maintain a system for assigning a Judge to each criminal or civil trial.

These changes I believe shall give power to the state to deal with changes of the nature of the nation that have come to pass recently, for example, I don't believe that the state have enough power to establish the Sable Colony Charter using the old constitution, the Mayor didn't even have the power to delegate his functions to the locale.

I'm thinking about making some suggestions for the criminal code as well, but that one is harder to modify properly, so I'm going to do it tomorrow when I'm fresh

EDIT 1: removed

  1. The Parliament reserves in itself the right to declare war with other political entities, in which case a resolution of war shall be drafted and approved by the parliament before the government can commit an act of war. The resolution of war shall contain the followings: the belligerents, the casus belli, and conditions to end the war

from Article III: The Parliament

EDIT 2: removed

  1. In a case of war the Mayor may summon Aytos' citizens to volunteer and to conduct war. In peacetime the Mayor holds the rights to organize a peacekeeping force to uphold the law of the land

  2. The Mayor may appoint, in respect of a local election, a representative of the executive branch to govern certain locales. The Mayor's office shall conduct these elections in a timely manner in respect to the general election

from Article IV: The Mayor

EDIT 3: retyped the typo of (-3500, -3500) to (-3500, -3300) in Article I

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