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[Proposal #1] Repeal Article 3 of the Constitution, and Change the Official Name of Danzilona
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[TLDR] End the existence of the national political offices, instead divvying up their responsibilities to the entire populace ad hoc. Since we would no longer technically be a republic anymore, rename the country from the "Free Danzilonan Republic" (FDR) to the "Danzilonan Autonomous Administration" (DAA).

Part A: Annul Article 3 and its Associated Acts

An election season has come and gone, and few of us have even batted an eye. Who currently holds executive control of the government? What of the most recent officeholders? Who knows! And really, does it matter?

The associated political offices found within the constitution were created to solve the problems we had on 2.0 and cover all the bases for the day-to-day management of the nation. In practice, however, we must face the realities of what the offices have actually resulted in:

  • Much of the time, the elected officeholder immediately goes inactive anyway, leaving a power vacuum that has no official resolution.

  • Of our three past scheduled elections, two of them went completely uncontested, and the most recent one didn't even happen.

  • A lot of time, what needs to be done would have been done anyway or is done by someone else who isn't an elected official.

While I still stand by that their listed responsibilities are still important things to do, my main argument will be that the offices are not needed in order for them to get done, and a lot of the time they've been a net negative by imbuing its responsibility with someone that ends up going inactive.

How the country is run and the permissions that are needed to run it are now deeply embedded in us and especially in our oldfriends. Therefore, the passage of this act will annul Article 3 and end the existence of our political offices. This would also include repealing the Ministerial Duties Continuance Act, the Office Appointments amendment, and the Executive Transparency and Accountability Act.

Whenever an office is referred to in another official text, like an Act or the constitution itself, it will instead be replaced with "the Danzilonans," or "Danzilona," or the official name of the country, whichever is most appropriate for the context.

Part B: Rename the country from the "Free Danzilonan Republic"

The name "republic" implies the existence of executive political offices, since that's what differentiates it from solely a "democracy." Therefore, if we do repeal Article 3, we would no longer technically be a republic, meaning the name Free Danzilonan Republic would be inaccurate. I believe that because of this, along with Gant's previous concerns that the term "Free Republic" is associated with weirdo sovereign citizen stuff, we should replace the official name of Danzilona with the name "Danzilonan Autonomous Administration." I believe this name to be unique, accurate, non-conflicting with the name of TWP's "Danzilonan Commune," mostly politically neutral, and an homage to the official name of Rojava which is the exact opposite of weirdo sovereign citizen stuff.

Feel free to vote on each part individually. Remember, since this is a constitutional amendment, it is done through Reddit like the old way as opposed to being done in-game. I've still given a number to the proposal though just to keep this week's chronology consistent in case anything else is proposed.

Let me know what you think!

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